New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RURAL LANDS PROTECTION ACT 1998 - SECT 55G

55G Appointment of auditors

(1) An authority must appoint a person as its auditor.

(2) An authority’s auditor may be:

(a) an individual who is a registered company auditor, or

(b) a partnership whose members or employees include a registered company auditor, or

(c) a corporation whose employees include a registered company auditor.

(3) If the authority’s auditor is a partnership, any member or employee of the partnership may act as the authority’s auditor as long as he or she is a registered company auditor.

(4) If the authority’s auditor is a corporation, any employee of the corporation may act as the authority’s auditor as long as he or she is a registered company auditor.

(5) An appointment or reappointment of an auditor is to be made in accordance with any restrictions or procedures set out in the guidelines.

(6) An auditor may not be appointed or reappointed unless the appointment or reappointment has been approved by the State Council.

(7) In this section, "registered company auditor" has the same meaning as it has in the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth and includes the Auditor-General.