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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/turks-and-caicos-islands-constitution-order-2011/schedule-2/paragraph-123",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2011/1681",
  "legislation_title": "The Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/turks-and-caicos-islands-constitution-order-2011",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/123",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "123",
  "heading": "Accounting officers",
  "text": "(1) There shall be an Accountant General of the Government, whose office shall be a public office.\n(2) The Accountant General shall be responsible for the compilation and management of the accounts of the Government, and for the custody and safety of public money and other resources of the Government.\n(3) The Governor, acting in his or her discretion, shall by directions in writing designate for each department of government and each institution protecting good governance an accounting officer who shall be responsible for the regularity and propriety of the expenditure, receipts and resources of that department or institution, and shall be accountable to the Parliament.\n(4) For the purposes of subsection (3), “department of government” means any department of the Government by whatever name called and any other division of the administration of the Islands that the Governor, acting in his or her discretion, may designate by directions in writing.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 2 substituted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1128), art. 8(1) (with arts. 4, 8(2))"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1681/schedule/2/paragraph/123",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:02:17.487261+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."
}