Queensland Consolidated Acts

AUDITOR-GENERAL ACT 2009 - SECT 12

12 Declaration of interests

(1) This section applies to the auditor-general on appointment.

(2) The auditor-general must, within 1 month, give the Speaker a statement setting out the information mentioned in subsection (3) in relation to—

(a) the interests of the auditor-general; and

(b) the interests of each person who is a related person in relation to the auditor-general.

(3) The information to be set out in the statement is the information that would be required to be disclosed under the Parliament of Queensland Act 2001 , section 69B if the auditor-general were a member of the Legislative Assembly.

(4) Subsections (5) and (6) apply if, after the giving of the statement—

(a) there is a change in the interests mentioned in subsection (2) ; and

(b) the change is of a type that would have been required to be disclosed under the Parliament of Queensland Act 2001 , section 69B if the auditor-general were a member of the Legislative Assembly.

(5) The auditor-general must give the Speaker a revised statement.

(6) The revised statement must—

(a) be given as soon as possible after the relevant facts about the change come to the auditor-general’s knowledge; and

(b) comply with subsection (3) .

(7) The Speaker must, if asked, give a copy of the latest statement to—

(a) the Premier; or

(b) the leader of a political party represented in the Legislative Assembly; or

(c) the Crime and Corruption Commission; or

(d) a member of the parliamentary committee; or

(e) the integrity commissioner.

(8) The Speaker must, if asked, give a copy of the part of the latest statement that relates only to the auditor-general to another member of the Legislative Assembly.

(9) A member of the Legislative Assembly may, by writing given to the Speaker, allege that the auditor-general has not complied with the requirements of this section.

(10) A reference in this section to an interest is a reference to the matter within its ordinary meaning under the general law and the definition in the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , schedule 1 does not apply.

(11) In this section—

"integrity commissioner" means the Queensland Integrity Commissioner under the Integrity Act 2009 .

"related person" , in relation to the auditor-general, means—

(a) the auditor-general’s spouse; or

(b) a person who is totally or substantially dependent on the auditor-general and—

(i) the person is the auditor-general’s child; or

(ii) the person’s affairs are so closely connected with the affairs of the auditor-general that a benefit derived by the person, or a substantial part of it, could pass to the auditor-general.