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AUDITOR-GENERAL ACT 2009 - SECT 12A
Conflicts of interest
12A Conflicts of interest
(1) If the auditor-general has an interest that conflicts or may conflict with
the discharge of the auditor-general’s responsibilities, the
auditor-general— (a) must disclose the nature of the interest and conflict
to the Speaker and parliamentary committee as soon as practicable after the
relevant facts come to the auditor-general’s knowledge; and
(b) must not
take action or further action concerning a matter that is, or may be, affected
by the conflict until the conflict or possible conflict is resolved.
(2) If
the conflict or possible conflict between an interest of the auditor-general
and the auditor-general’s responsibilities is resolved, the auditor-general
must give to the Speaker and parliamentary committee a statement advising of
the action the auditor-general took to resolve the conflict or possible
conflict.
(3) A reference in this section to an interest or to a conflict of
interest is a reference to those matters within their ordinary meaning under
the general law and, in relation to an interest, the definition in the
Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , schedule 1 does not apply.
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