NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1974 - SECT 47W
Inspection and audit
NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1974 - SECT 47W
Inspection and audit
47W Inspection and audit
(1) The Secretary may appoint a person to inquire into, or carry out an audit
of, any of the affairs of a regional park trust.
(2) If a local council has
the care, control and management of a regional park, the Minister may appoint
a person to inquire into, or carry out an audit of, any of the affairs of the
council in relation to the park.
(3) The appointed person may, for the
purposes of the inquiry or audit--
(a) inspect and take copies of or extracts
from any records (including accounting records) of the trust or the
local council in respect of the regional park, and
(4)
The power of the appointed person to inspect the records of a
regional park trust or local council includes the power to inspect the records
of a lessee or licensee which the trust or council has power to inspect under
the lease or licence.
(5) A person must not--
(a) without lawful excuse,
refuse or fail to allow the appointed person access to records to which the
appointed person is entitled, or
(b) without lawful excuse, refuse or fail to
give information or answer questions, as required by the appointed person, or
(c) wilfully obstruct or delay the appointed person in the exercise of a power
under this section.