Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts24. Reports to Legislative Assembly and supplementary reports
(1) The Auditor-General shall, not less than once in each year, prepare and submit a report to the Legislative Assembly on those matters arising from the performance of his or her functions or the exercise of his or her powers that, in the Auditor-General's opinion, should be reported to the Assembly.
(2) In subsection (1), report includes a report or reports, supplementary to a primary report, prepared and signed as soon as practicable after the preparation and submission of the primary report.
(3) The Auditor-General may at any time make a special report to the Legislative Assembly on any matter or thing arising out of an audit to which, in his or her opinion, attention should be drawn.
(4) The Auditor-General shall not make a report under this section unless -
(a) the Auditor-General has -
(i) not later than 10 working days before the report is made, given a copy of the report, or a summary of findings and proposed recommendations, to the Agency to which the report relates; and
(ii) in writing, asked the Agency for submissions or comments before a specified date, being not earlier than 7 days after the copy of the report is given to the Agency; and
(b) the Auditor-General has included in the report all submissions or comments received before the report is made from the Agency or a summary, in an agreed form, of such submissions or comments.