AUDITOR GENERAL ACT 2006 - SECT 25
AUDITOR GENERAL ACT 2006 - SECT 25
25 . Report on an examination or investigation
(1) The Auditor
General may prepare and sign a report on an examination or investigation
carried out under section 18 and may submit the report to —
(a) both
Houses of Parliament; or
(b) the
Public Accounts Committee and the Estimates and Financial Operations
Committee.
(2) Before signing a
report proposed to be submitted under subsection (1), the Auditor General must
—
(a) give
a summary of findings to the Treasurer, agency or audited local subsidiary, as
the case may be, and any other person who, in the Auditor General’s
opinion, has a special interest in the report; and
(b) by
written notice, invite the Treasurer, the accountable authority of the agency,
the audited local subsidiary or that other person, as the case may be, to make
submissions or comments on the content of the summary of findings before a
specified day, being not more than 14 days after the summary of findings is
given to the Treasurer, agency, audited local subsidiary or person.
(3) The Auditor
General must include in a report prepared under subsection (1) any submissions
or comments made under subsection (2) before the specified day, or a fair
summary of them.
(4) If Parliament is
not in session and sitting when the Auditor General signs a report under
subsection (1), the Auditor General may transmit a copy of the report to the
Clerk of the Legislative Assembly and the Clerk of the Legislative Council.