Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Audit Act 1994 - SECT 7C

Parliamentary Committee may alter obligations of Auditor-General

7C. Parliamentary Committee may alter obligations of Auditor-General



(1) The Parliamentary Committee may, by resolution, vary any obligation or
requirement imposed on the Auditor-General or the Victorian Auditor-General's
Office by or under-

   (a)  section 7B(2)(a) or (3)(a); or

   (b)  the Financial Management Act 1994 or the
        Public Administration Act 2004.





(2) The chairman of the Parliamentary Committee must cause a copy of each
resolution under subsection (1) to be laid before each House of the Parliament
within 6 sitting days of that House after the resolution is passed.

(3) A resolution under subsection (1) is disallowed in whole or in part if-

   (a)  a notice of resolution to disallow the resolution is given in a House
        of the Parliament on or before the 18th sitting day of that House
        after a copy of the resolution is laid before that House; and

   (b)  the resolution to disallow is passed by that House on or before the
        12th sitting day of that House after the giving of the notice of
        resolution.

(4) Notice of a resolution to disallow a resolution under subsection (1) may
be expressed to apply to the whole or to any part of the resolution.

(5) A resolution to disallow the whole or any part of a resolution under
subsection (1) has effect according to its tenor.

(6) If a House of the Parliament is prorogued or the Legislative Assembly is
dissolved-

   (a)  the prorogation or dissolution does not affect the power of the House
        to pass a resolution disallowing a resolution under subsection (1);
        and

   (b)  the calculation of sitting days of the House is to be made as if there
        had been no prorogation or dissolution.

(7) The disallowance of a resolution under subsection (1)-

   (a)  does not affect the validity of anything done in accordance with the
        resolution by the Auditor-General or the Victorian Auditor-General's
        Office before the disallowance takes effect;

   (b)  does not expose the Auditor-General or the Victorian Auditor-General's
        Office to any liability or sanction for acting in accordance with the
        resolution before the disallowance takes effect.