Schedule 3: Relationship between NAO and Comptroller and Auditor General Paragraph 13: Documents and information
211.Paragraph 13 provides a general power for the NAO to receive information on behalf of, and from, the C&AG. By virtue of sub-paragraph (2), information held by NAO on behalf of the C&AG will be treated as being held by NAO for the purposes of section 3(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. This means NAO will be responsible for discharging obligations under that Act both for itself and for the C&AG.