Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Auditor‑General may at any time conduct a review or examination of a particular aspect of the operations of the whole or part of the Commonwealth public sector, being a review or examination that is not limited to the operations of only one Agency, body or person.
(2) 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 Finance Minister; and
(c) give a copy of the report to each responsible Minister; and
(d) to the extent that the report relates to the operations of an Agency--give a copy of the report to the Chief Executive of the Agency; and
(e) to the extent that the report relates to the operations of a body that is a Commonwealth authority or a subsidiary of a Commonwealth authority--give a copy of the report to an officer of the Commonwealth authority or the subsidiary of the Commonwealth authority; and
(f) to the extent that the report relates to the operations of a body that is a Commonwealth company or a subsidiary of a Commonwealth company--give a copy of the report to a director or senior manager of the Commonwealth company or the subsidiary of the Commonwealth company; and
(g) to the extent that the report relates to the operations of a person--give a copy of the report to the person.
(3) The Auditor‑General may give a copy of, or an extract from, the report to any other 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.
(4) In this section:
"Commonwealth public sector" means Agencies, Commonwealth authorities (other than GBEs) and their subsidiaries and Commonwealth companies (other than GBEs) and their subsidiaries.
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