Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CANNED FRUITS MARKETING ACT 1979 No. 160 of 1979 - SECT 48

48. (1) It is hereby declared that the Corporation is a public authority to
which Division 2 of Part XI of the Audit Act 1901 applies.

(2) The application to and in relation to the Corporation of Division 2 of
Part XI of the Audit Act 1901 is subject to the following modifications:

   (a)  the reference in sub-section 63D (1) of that Act to an approved bank
        or approved banks shall be read as including a reference to the
        Reserve Bank of Australia;

   (b)  sub-section 63H (1) of that Act is omitted and the following
        sub-sections are substituted:

''(1) The authority shall, by 30 June in the year 1981 and in each succeeding
year, prepare and submit to the appropriate Minister a report of its
operations during the year that ended on the preceding 31 December, together
with financial statements in respect of that year in such form as the Minister
administering this Act approves.

''(1A) The report shall set out all directions given by the appropriate
Minister to the authority during the year to which the report relates.'';

   (c)  for the purposes of the operation of section 63H of that Act, as
        modified by paragraph (b) of this sub-section, the year ending on 31
        December 1980 shall be deemed to include the period commencing on the
        date on which this Act receives the Royal Assent and ending on the
        commencement of that year.