section 11 of the Public Finance Management Act, 2012”; (f) in the definition “written law”— (i) by deleting the expression “or” in paragraph (b); (ii) by inserting the expression “or” at the end of paragraph (c), and (iii) by adding the following paragraph after paragraph (c)— “(d) any county legislation as defined in Article 260 of the Constitution,”. 120 [Rev. 2020] Public Finance Management No. 18 of 2012

2. Amendment of Cap. 101 The Permanent Secretary to the Treasury (Incorporation) Act (Cap. 101) is amended by deleting “Permanent Secretary” wherever occurring and substituting it with “Cabinet Secretary”.

3. Amendment of section 20(1) of Urban Areas and Cities Act, 2011 Section 20(1)(1) of the Urban Areas and Cities Act, 2011 (No. 13 of 2011) is deleted and replaced by the following— “prepare and submit its annual budget estimates to the relevant County Treasury for consideration and submission to the County Assembly for approval as part of the annual County Appropriation Bill”. SECOND SCHEDULE [Section 210.] SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

1. Deployment of staff to county government On the commencement of this Act, and in line with Article 262(15) of the Constitution, the National Treasury shall prior to the establishment of the county government, deploy such staff to that county as may be necessary to support the county in— (a) carrying out its responsibilities under this Act; and (b) performing its functions under the Constitution relating to matters of public finance.

2. Performance of functions of Accounting Standards Board On the commencement of this Act, and pending the establishment of the Accounting Standards Board, the functions of the Board as provided for under this Act shall continue to be performed by the relevant National Treasury department.

3. Abolition of Treasury (1) On the commencement of this Act— (a) the office known as the Treasury, as in existence immediately before that commencement, is abolished; and (b) subject to this Act, the National Treasury becomes responsible for any matter for which the Treasury was responsible but which was not completed before that commencement.

(2) On the commencement of this Act, all public officers employed in the Treasury as in existence immediately before that commencement, become public officers employed in the National Treasury on the same terms and conditions as those on which they were employed immediately before that commencement.

(3) Any reference to the Treasury in a written law is to be read as a reference to the National Treasury.

4. Principal Secretary to the National Treasury (1) On the commencement of this Act, any reference to the Principal Secretary to the National Treasury in a written law is to be read as a reference to the 121 No. 18 of 2012 Public Finance Management [Rev. 2020] Permanent Secretary to the Treasury until the first election held under the Constitution.

5. Accounting officers A person holding office as an accounting officer shall continue in office until the Cabinet Secretary designates otherwise.