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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-audit-wales-act-2013/schedule-1/paragraph-5",
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  "legislation": "anaw/2013/3",
  "legislation_title": "Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-audit-wales-act-2013",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The chair of the WAO is to be appointed by the National Assembly from amongst the non-executive members.\n(2) But no appointment can be made until the First Minister has been consulted.\n(3) The National Assembly may extend an appointment under this paragraph in accordance with the procedure required for the original appointment.\n(4) An extension of an appointment counts as a separate appointment for the purposes of paragraphs 6 to 8.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 5 in force at 4.7.2013 by S.I. 2013/1466, art. 2(u)(v)"
    }
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:18:31.755762+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."
}