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Paragraph 16

United Kingdom

(1)

For the purpose of assisting the Speaker’s Committee to discharge their functions under paragraphs 14 and 15 F1in respect of any year when both an estimate under paragraph 14 and a five-year plan under paragraph 15 are submitted to them, the Comptroller and Auditor General shall F2before the Committee consider the estimate and plan —

(a)

carry out an examination into the economy, efficiency or effectiveness (or, if he so determines, any combination thereof) with which the Commission have used their resources in discharging their functions (or, if he so determines, any particular functions of theirs);

(b)

report to the Speaker’s Committee the results of the examination; and

(c)

include in his report such recommendations as he considers appropriate in the light of the examination.

(2)

Section 8 of the M1National Audit Act 1983 (right to obtain documents and information) shall apply in relation to any examination under this paragraph as it applies in relation to an examination under section 6 of that Act.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Sch. 1 para. 16(1) inserted (1.1.2016) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), ss. 94(5)(a), 115(7); S.I. 2015/1732, art. 3(b)

F2

Words in Sch. 1 para. 16(1) substituted (1.1.2016) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), ss. 94(5)(b), 115(7); S.I. 2015/1732, art. 3(b)

Marginal citations

M1

1983 c. 44.

Notes on Examination of Commission by Comptroller and Auditor General

Textual amendments

F1

Word in Sch. 1 para. 16 cross-heading substituted (1.1.2016) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), ss. 94(6), 115(7); S.I. 2015/1732, art. 3(b)