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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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