ABORIGINAL LANDS ACT 1970 - SECT 19 Appointment of auditor

ABORIGINAL LANDS ACT 1970 - SECT 19

    (1)     Subject to subsection (2), a Trust must appoint a person to be the auditor of the Trust at an annual general meeting of the Trust.

    (2)     If an auditor has not been appointed at an annual general meeting within 3 months after a vacancy occurs in that office, the committee of management of the Trust must appoint a person to fill the vacancy.

    (3)     A person appointed as auditor—

        (a)     must be a registered company auditor; and

        (b)     must not be an officer or employee of the Trust.

    (4)     An auditor of a Trust holds office until the auditor—

        (a)     dies; or

        (b)     resigns from office in writing addressed to the Chairperson of the Trust; or

        (c)     ceases to be a registered company auditor; or

        (d)     is removed from office by a resolution, of which special notice is given, passed at a general meeting of the Trust.

    (5)     The Trust must pay any reasonable fees and expenses of the auditor.

    (6)     Nothing in this section affects the appointment of an auditor of a Trust holding office immediately before the commencement of the Aboriginal Lands Amendment Act 2013 .

S. 19A inserted by No. 33/2013 s. 12.