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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-wales-act-2006/section-138",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/32",
  "legislation_title": "Government of Wales Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-wales-act-2006",
  "path": "section/138",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "138",
  "heading": "Accounting officers for Senedd Commission",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of this Act the principal accounting officer for the Senedd Commission is the Clerk.\n(2) But the Treasury may designate another member of the staff of the Senedd to be the principal accounting officer for the Senedd Commission if and for so long as—\n(a) the Clerk is incapable of discharging the responsibilities of the principal accounting officer for the Senedd Commission, or\n(b) the office of Clerk is vacant.\n(3) The principal accounting officer for the Senedd Commission has—\n(a) in relation to the Senedd Commission's accounts and finances, and\n(b) in relation to the performance by persons designated as accounting officers in pursuance of any provision of this Act of their responsibilities as accounting officers,\nthe responsibilities which are from time to time specified by the Treasury.\n(4) The principal accounting officer for the Senedd Commission may designate other members of the staff of the Senedd as additional accounting officers.\n(5) An additional accounting officer has, in relation to such of the Senedd Commission's accounts and finances as may be specified by the principal accounting officer for the Senedd Commission, the responsibilities which are from time to time specified by the principal accounting officer for the Senedd Commission.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Act substituted (6.5.2020) by Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1), s. 42(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(19) (with Sch. 1 para. 2(11)-(14))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "This provision in force immediately after \"the 2007 election\" by s. 161(1) (subject to s. 161(4)(5))"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/32/section/138",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:14:12.769607+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."
}