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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT 1997 No. 154 of 1997 - SECT 56

Audit of Finance Minister's annual financial statements (1) As soon as practicable after receiving financial statements under section 55 , the Auditor-General must examine the statements and prepare an audit report in accordance with the regulations.

(2) Instead of preparing a single report, the Auditor-General may prepare an initial report and one or more later supplementary reports.

(3) The Auditor-General must give a copy of each report to the Finance Minister.

(4) The Finance Minister must cause a copy of each report to be tabled in each House of the Parliament as soon as practicable after receipt. Except in the case of a supplementary report, the copy that is tabled must be accompanied by a copy of the annual financial statements.


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