Exchequer and Audit Departments Act, 1866

Regulation of officers.

9. The Comptroller and Auditor General shall have full power to make from time to time orders and rules for the conduct of the internal business of his department, and to promote, suspend, or remove any of the officers, clerks, and others employed therein; and to prescribe regulations and forms for the guidance of principal and of sub-accountants in making up and rendering their periodical accounts for examination: Provided always, that all such regulations and forms shall be approved by the Treasury previously to the issue thereof.