ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMISSION ACT 1989 No. 150 of 1989 - SECT 214 Final report and financial statements for old Commission

ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMISSION ACT 1989 No. 150 of 1989 - SECT 214

214. (1) Subject to this section, the Chief Executive Officer shall, as soon
as practicable after the commencement, prepare and give to the Minister:

   (a)  a report on the operations of the old Commission during the period (in
this section called the "pre-commencement period") commencing on 1 July 1989
and ending at the commencement; and

   (b)  financial statements that relate to the old Commission during that
        period in such form as the Minister for Finance approves.

(2) The report prepared by the Chief Executive Officer in accordance with
paragraph (1) (a):

   (a)  shall include particulars of any general directions given to the old
        Commission during the pre-commencement period under section 11 of the
        ADC Act; and

   (b)  shall not disclose any matters known to the Chief Executive Officer to
        be held sacred by Aboriginal persons or Torres Strait Islanders or by
        a particular community or group of Aboriginal persons or Torres Strait
        Islanders.

(3) Before giving financial statements to the Minister under subsection (1),
the Chief Executive Officer shall give them to the Auditor-General, who shall
report to the Minister:

   (a)  whether, in the Auditor-General's opinion, the statements are based on
        proper accounts and records;

   (b)  whether the statements are in agreement with the accounts and records
        and, in the Auditor-General's opinion, show fairly the financial
        transactions and state of affairs of the old Commission;

   (c)  whether, in the Auditor-General's opinion, the receipt, expenditure
        and investment of money, and the acquisition and disposal of assets,
        by the old Commission during the pre-commencement period were in
        accordance with the ADC Act; and

   (d)  as to such other matters arising out of the statements as the
        Auditor-General considers should be reported to the Minister.

(4) The Chief Executive Officer and the Auditor-General may, in discharging
their obligations under this section, rely on accounts and records of the old
Commission that are in the possession of the new Commission or to which the
Chief Executive Officer is allowed access and on any other information
provided to the Chief Executive Officer by any person who was a member of the
old Commission or of the staff of the old Commission.

(5) The Minister shall cause copies of the report and financial statements
together with a copy of the report of the Auditor-General to be laid before
each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after their
receipt by the Minister.