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South Australia
Public Sector (Functions and Resources Audit) Amendment
Bill 2018
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the
Public
Sector Act 2009
.
Contents
Part 2—Amendment of Public Sector
Act 2009
80AFunctions and
resources audit
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as
follows:
This Act may be cited as the Public Sector (Functions and Resources
Audit) Amendment Act 2018.
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 Public Sector
Act 2009
After section 80 insert:
80A—Functions and resources
audit
(1) A Minister must conduct a review of—
(a) the functions undertaken by each administrative unit for which the
Minister is responsible; and
(b) the resources necessary to properly carry out those
functions,
in order to identify areas in which budget savings may be made or areas in
which budget deficiencies exist.
(2) A review is to be undertaken as follows:
(a) the initial review is to be undertaken as soon as practicable after
the commencement of this section;
(b) the next review is to be undertaken as soon as practicable after the
fourth anniversary of the commencement of this section;
(c) the third review is to be undertaken as soon as practicable after the
eighth anniversary of the commencement of this section;
(d) the fourth review is to be undertaken as soon as practicable after the
twelfth anniversary of the commencement of this section,
and so on.
(3) A report on each review conducted under this section must be laid
before both Houses of Parliament as follows:
(a) in respect of the initial review—within 6 months after the
commencement of this section;
(b) in respect of each subsequent review—within 6 months after the
conduct of the relevant review.
(4) If a report has been prepared by a Minister under this section, the
Minister and the Chief Executive of the administrative unit to which the report
relates must ensure that any budget reductions applied to the administrative
unit are applied in accordance with the findings in the report.