| Legal
framework under which the SAI functions viz Constitution, Act
of the Parliament, Presidential Order etc: (Please quote article/order
number etc). |
Milli
Mejlis (Parliament) creates the Chamber of Accounts based
on the Article 92 of the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan. |
| Authority
by whom the Head of SAI is appointed |
The
Chairman of the Chamber of Accounts is appointed by the Mili
Mejlis of Azerbaijan Republic. |
| Authority
by whom the Head of SAI can be removed: |
The
Chairman of the Chamber of Accounts can be dismissed from
his position by the Milli Mejlis (Parliament) of Azerbaijan
Republic. |
| Manner
in which the Head of SAI can be removed: |
The
Chairman of the Chamber of Accounts can be dismissed from
his position prior to the expiry of the his terms in case
of:
- death,
- request for dismissal,
- commiting a crime and enacted condemnatory decision of
the court with regard to this persons,
- violating the requirements listed in the Article 7 of
the present law,
- certificate of the special medical commission convoked
by the Chamber of Accounts on impossibility to perform
duties for more than 4 months because of disease,
- being announced dead or missing by the court.
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| Term
(tenure) of office of the Head of SAI: |
Seven
years. |
| Status
(position) of the Head of SAI: |
The
Chairman, the Deputy Chairman and the Auditors of the Chamber
of Accounts may neither be arrested and called for criminal
liability, nor the court-based administrative punishment measures,
the investigation and the personal search may be applied to
them during their term of office, unless the Milli Majlis
gives its consent. |
| Terms
and conditions of appointment of the Head of SAI: |
Persons that have high education
and 5 years experience of work in the field of public administration,
state control, economy and finance are eligible for the position
of the Chairman.
The
Chairman cannot be involved in any activities that envisage
any payment for the performed work unless it is pedagogic,
scientific or creative activity.
The
candidate nominated for the position of the Chairman of the
Chamber of Accounts should not be direct relative to the Chairman
of Parliament of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Prime Minister
of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Minister of Finance of the
Republic of Azerbaijan, Prosecutor General of the Republic
of Azerbaijan, the Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Republic
of Azerbaijan, the Chairman of the Economic Court of the Republic
of Azerbaijan, Chairman of Board of the National Bank of the
Republic of Azerbaijan. |
| Privileges
of the Head of SAI: |
The Chairman of the Chamber
of Accounts provides for the overall conduct of the Chamber
of Accounts, organizes its work in accordance with the relevant
legislation and the Charter and represents the Chamber of
Accounts in Government bodies of the Azerbaijan Republic and
abroad.
The
Chairman of the Chamber of Accounts:
- calls
and chairs meetings of the Chamber of Accounts;
- assign
duties to the Deputy Chairman and the Auditors of the
Chamber of Accounts and organizes their work;
- provides
for the general management of the Staff of the Chamber
of Accounts;
- within
the cost estimates of the State budget approves the organizational
structure and staffing plan of the Chamber of Accounts;
- issues
directives, orders, tasks and instructions for the Chamber
of Accounts;
- hires
and dismiss the officials of the Staff of the Chamber
of Accounts and solves issues relating to the staff development;
- solves
issues relating to the encouragement and disciplinary
punishments of the official of the Staff of the Chamber
of Accounts;
- signs
the economic, labor and other agreements on the behalf
of the Chamber of Accounts;
- presents
the appropriate reports, opinions, references and proposals
of the Chamber of Accounts to the Milli Mejlis of the
Azerbaijan Republic;
- ensures
the coordination of the activities of the Chamber of Accounts
with other Government bodies.
The Chairman of the Chamber of Accounts has a right to
participate in the session of the Milli Mejlis of the
Azerbaijan Republic.
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| Mandate
of the SAI: |
The
Chamber of Accounts shall supervise the approval and execution
of the state budget, the management of state property and
issuance of orders in respect to such property, the inflow
of funds to be generated from privatization of state property
into the state budget, and the purposeful use of funds to
be allocated from the state budget for legal entities and
municipalities.” |
| Forum
to which audit reports of the SAI are submitted: |
Milli
Mejlis (Parliament) of Republic of Azerbaijan. |
| Main
functions, duties and powers of the SAI: |
The
Chamber of Accounts carries out the following functions:
- To render opinion on drafts of the state budget and on
those of the extra-budgetary state funds (institutions);
- To supervise the volume, the structure, as well as the
timely and targeted execution of revenue and expenditures
items of the sate budget and of the extra-budgetary state
funds’ (institutions) budgets;
- - To render opinion on the annual state budget execution
report and the appropriate draft laws;
- To analyze whether budget financing is carried out as
provided in an approved state budget; and to prepare and
submit proposals to the Milli Majlis regarding elimination
of discovered deviations and improvement of the budget
process in general;
- To inform the Milli Majlis once a quarter about execution
of the state budget revenues and expenditures;
- To supervise the management of state property, the issuance
of orders in respect to such property, and the inflow
of funds generated from the privatization of state property
to the state budget;
- Based on assignment of the Milli Majlis and its permanent
committees, to carry out financial expertise of draft
laws concerning the state budget and extra-budgetary state
funds (institutions), as well as of the international
agreements, which are approved by the Milli Majlis;
- To analyze and inform the Milli Majlis on whether the
state budget funds are entered into the treasury account
and utilized in conformity with targets established in
an approved state budget;
- To obtain and analyze the information from the National
Bank and other authorized credit institutions about the
flow of finances of the state budget and those of the
extra-budgetary funds (institutions) in bank accounts,
and to give relevant proposals to the Milli Majlis;
- To inform the Milli Majlis about law violations, which
were discovered as a result of supervisory measures taken;
- To operate in close contact with other state supervisory
bodie.
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| Number
of staff employed by the SAI: |
The
Chamber of Accounts consists of the Chairman, the Deputy Chairman,
4 auditors and 72 staff members. |
