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This is a Bill, not an Act. For current law, see the Acts databases.
South Australia
Local Government (Auditor-General) Amendment
Bill 2010
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Local
Government Act 1999.
Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1Short
title
2Commencement
3Amendment
provisions
Part 2—Amendment of Local Government
Act 1999
4Substitution of sections 128 to
130
128Auditor-General to
audit accounts
5Amendment of Schedule 2—Provisions
applicable to subsidiaries
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as
follows:
This Act may be cited as the Local Government (Auditor-General)
Amendment Act 2010.
This Act will come into operation on 1 July 2011.
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a
specified Act amends the Act so specified.
Part 2—Amendment
of Local Government
Act 1999
4—Substitution
of sections 128 to 130
Sections 128 to 130 (inclusive)—delete the sections and
substitute:
128—Auditor-General to audit
accounts
(1) For the purposes of this Act, the auditor of each council, and any
subsidiary of the council, will be the Auditor-General.
(2) The
Auditor-General may at any time, and must at least once in every year, audit the
accounts of—
(a) each council; and
(b) each subsidiary of a council,
(and such an audit will be taken, for the purposes of the Public
Finance and Audit Act 1987, to be an audit under that
Act).
(3) When conducting an audit under this section, the Auditor-General may
examine the efficiency and economy with which a council, or a subsidiary of a
council, uses its resources.
(4) The
Auditor-General must prepare a report of any audit conducted under this section
and deliver a copy of the report to the council and the Minister.
(5) The chief executive officer must provide a copy of the report provided
under
subsection (4)
to—
(a) the council's audit committee (if applicable); and
(b) each member of the council.
(6) Despite a provision of the Parliamentary
Committees Act 1991, it is a function of the Economic and Finance
Committee of the Parliament to inquire into, consider and report on any matter
concerning an audit conducted under this section.
5—Amendment
of Schedule 2—Provisions applicable to subsidiaries
(1) Schedule 2, clause 13(1)—delete subclause (1)
(2) Schedule 2, clause 30(1)—delete subclause (1)