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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-principles-governance-and-biodiversity-targets-wales-act-2026/schedule-1/paragraph-17",
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  "legislation": "asc/2026/4",
  "legislation_title": "Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-principles-governance-and-biodiversity-targets-wales-act-2026",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/17",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Accounting officer",
  "text": "(1) The chief executive of the OEGW is its accounting officer.\n(2) If the chief executive is unable to discharge the responsibilities of the accounting officer, the OEGW must nominate another member of its staff to be the accounting officer for as long as the chief executive is unable to discharge the responsibilities.\n(3) If the office of chief executive is vacant, the OEGW must nominate a member of its staff to be the accounting officer for as long as the office of chief executive remains vacant.\n(4) The accounting officer has, in relation to the accounts and finances of the OEGW, the responsibilities that are for the time being specified by the Welsh Ministers.\n(5) The responsibilities that may be specified under this paragraph include (among other things)—\n(a) responsibilities in relation to the signing of the accounts;\n(b) responsibilities for the propriety and regularity of the finances of the OEGW;\n(c) responsibilities for the economy, efficiency and effectiveness with which the OEGW uses its resources;\n(d) responsibilities owed to the Welsh Ministers, Senedd Cymru or its Public Accounts Committee.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 17 in force at 27.6.2026, see s. 46(2)(c)"
    }
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      "affecting_title": "Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Act 2026"
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      "type": "coming into force",
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      "affecting_title": "Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Act 2026"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/4/schedule/1/paragraph/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:38.736045+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}