Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUDITOR-GENERAL ACT 1997 - SECT 17

             (1)  The Auditor‑General may at any time conduct a performance audit of a Commonwealth company (other than a GBE), or of any of its subsidiaries.

             (2)  The Auditor‑General may conduct a performance audit of a wholly owned Commonwealth company that is a GBE, or of any of its subsidiaries, if the responsible Minister, the Finance Minister or the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit requests the audit. The Finance Minister is to consult with the responsible Minister before making a request.

             (3)  Nothing prevents the Auditor‑General from asking a responsible Minister, the Finance Minister or the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit to make a particular request under subsection (2).

             (4)  As soon as practicable after completing the report on an audit under this section, the Auditor‑General must:

                     (a)  cause a copy of the report to be tabled in each House of the Parliament; and

                     (b)  give a copy of the report to the responsible Minister; and

                     (c)  give a copy of the report to a director or senior manager of the Commonwealth company or the subsidiary of the Commonwealth company in relation to which the audit was conducted.

          (4A)  The Auditor‑General may give a copy of, or an extract from, the report to any person (including a Minister) who, or any body that, in the Auditor‑General's opinion, has a special interest in the report or the content of the extract.

             (5)  In this section:

"wholly-owned Commonwealth company" has the same meaning as in the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997.