Remit
The remit of the Public Audit Committee is to consider and report on—
(a) any accounts laid before the Parliament;
(b) any report laid before or made to the Parliament by the Auditor General for Scotland; and
(c) any other document laid before the Parliament, or referred to it by the Parliamentary Bureau or by the Auditor General for Scotland, concerning financial control, accounting and auditing in relation to public expenditure.
Changes to names and remits
On 29 September 2016, the Public Audit Committee's name and remit was amended to the Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee