New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RURAL LANDS PROTECTION ACT 1998 - SECT 55L

55L Role of Auditor-General

(1) The Auditor-General is authorised to audit an authority’s financial report for a financial year:

(a) if the authority fails to appoint an auditor, or

(b) during any other vacancy in the office of auditor.

(2) The Auditor-General:

(a) may, at any time, and

(b) must, if requested to do so by the Minister on the recommendation of the State Council,

conduct a special inspection and audit of an authority’s financial reports and accounting records.

(3) The costs certified by the Auditor-General as having been incurred by the Auditor-General in auditing an authority’s financial report, or conducting a special inspection and audit of an authority’s financial reports and accounting records, in accordance with this section must be paid by the authority.