Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The staff of the Audit Office are to be persons engaged under the Public Service Act 1999 .
Note: Under section 27, the Auditor - General may also engage persons under contract.
(1A) For the purposes of the Public Service Act 1999 :
(a) the Auditor - General and the APS employees assisting the Auditor - General together constitute a Statutory Agency; and
(b) the Auditor - General is the Head of that Statutory Agency.
(2) Directions to staff of the Audit Office relating to the performance of the Auditor - General's functions may only be given by:
(a) the Auditor - General; or
(b) a member of the staff of the Audit Office authorised to give such directions by the Auditor - General.