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- ↑ "Role of Comptroller & Auditor General". Audit Wales. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- 1 2 "The Audit (Northern Ireland) Order 1987: Article 3", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, 18 March 1987, SI 2018/1418 (art. 3)
- ↑ "Status, functions & duties of C&AG / NIAO – Key legislation". Northern Ireland Audit Office. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
