Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIAN HORTICULTURAL CORPORATION ACT 1987 No. 164 of 1987 - SECT 57

57. (1) The Corporation may, after consulting with eligible industry bodies,
request the Minister, in writing, to appoint a company auditor specified in
the request to be the auditor of the Corporation.

(2) The Minister shall cause particulars of the request to be given to the
Auditor-General.

(3) The Auditor-General shall:

   (a)  consider whether the company auditor is suitable to be auditor of the
        Corporation; and

   (b)  advise the Minister, in writing, of his or her opinion and of the
        reasons for the opinion.

(4) If the Auditor-General advises the Minister that he or she is of the
opinion that the company auditor is suitable to be the auditor of the
Corporation, the Minister shall cause particulars of the request, and of the
Auditor-General's advice, to be given to the Joint Committee of Public
Accounts.

(5) The Joint Committee of Public Accounts shall:

   (a)  consider the Auditor-General's opinion; and

   (b)  inform the Minister, in writing, whether it agrees to the appointment
        of the auditor.

(6) If the Joint Committee of Public Accounts informs the Minister that it
agrees to the appointment, the Minister may, in writing, appoint the auditor
to be the auditor of the Corporation.

(7) The Minister may, by writing, revoke an appointment made under subsection
(6).

(8) The Minister shall inform the Corporation, in writing, of the outcome of a
request made under subsection (1) and of the reasons for that outcome.

(9) Where the Minister revokes an appointment made under subsection (6), the
Minister shall inform the Corporation, in writing, of the decision and of the
reasons for the decision.