Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Act 2006

Amendment of section 14 (accounts) of Principal Act.

9.— Section 14 of the Principal Act is amended in subsection (2) by inserting “shall sign those accounts and the statement on internal financial control referred to in section 16(1)(ea) and” after “the Secretary General” and the said subsection as so amended is set out in the Table to this section.

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(2) In relation to accounts kept under this section the Secretary General shall sign those accounts and the statement on internal financial control referred to in section 16(1)(ea) and shall—

(a) submit them annually to the Comptroller and Auditor General for audit, not later than 3 months after the accounting period to which they relate, and

(b) immediately after the audit referred to in paragraph (a), present a copy of them, and the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on them, to the Minister.