New South Wales Consolidated Acts

GOVERNMENT SECTOR FINANCE ACT 2018 - SECT 10.3

10.3 Reference of matters to Public Accounts Committee

(1) The Treasurer may refer to the Public Accounts Committee any matter relating to the financial report of a relevant reporting entity for examination and report to the Treasurer.

(2) The Treasurer must refer to the Public Accounts Committee any of the following proposals (except a proposal made by the Committee) for examination and report to the Treasurer--

(a) a proposal to amend any of the provisions of Division 7.1 or 7.2 or any provisions of the Government Sector Audit Act 1983 concerning general audits,

(b) a proposal to make a regulation relating to the financial report of a relevant reporting entity.

(3) Nothing in subsection (2) requires the Treasurer to refer a proposal to the Public Accounts Committee if, at the time the Treasurer formulates or receives the proposal--

(a) no members have been appointed to the Committee, or

(b) the members of the Committee have ceased to hold office.

(4) Nothing in this section prevents the Public Accounts Committee, after the Committee has reported to the Treasurer, from reporting to the Legislative Assembly on any matter referred to it by the Treasurer under this section.

(5) The provisions of section 57 (4) of the Government Sector Audit Act 1983 apply in respect of a report under subsection (4) in the same way as those provisions apply in respect of a report under section 57 (1) of that Act.

(6) In this section--

"Public Accounts Committee" means the Public Accounts Committee for the time being constituted in accordance with Part 4 of the Government Sector Audit Act 1983 .

"relevant reporting entity" means--

(a) a GSF agency, or

(b) any other auditable entity within the meaning of the Government Sector Audit Act 1983 .