Schedule 2: National Audit Office Part 1: Membership and status
145.Paragraph 1 provides for the NAO to have nine members consisting of five non-executives, the C&AG and three employee members.
146.Paragraph 2 states that NAO, its members and its employees are not to be servants or agents of the Crown, nor to enjoy any status, immunity or privilege of the Crown. NAO property is not to be regarded as Crown property.