Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

AUDITOR-GENERAL ACT 1996 - SECT 17

    (1)     The auditor-general may at any time prepare a report for the Legislative Assembly on any matter arising in connection with the exercise of the auditor-general's functions.

    (2)     The report must include the substance of any comments received by the auditor-general under section 18.

    (3)     The auditor-general, in a report of a special financial audit or a performance audit—

        (a)     may include any information that he or she considers desirable in relation to the activities that are the subject of the audit; and

        (b)     is to set out the reasons for opinions expressed in the report; and

        (c)     may include any recommendations arising out of the audit that the auditor-general considers appropriate to make.

    (4)     If the Legislative Assembly is sitting when the auditor-general has finished the report—

        (a)     the auditor-general must give the report to the Speaker; and

        (b)     the Speaker must present the report to the Legislative Assembly on the next sitting day.

    (5)     If the Legislative Assembly is not sitting when the auditor-general has finished the report—

        (a)     the auditor-general must give the report, and a copy for each member of the Legislative Assembly, to the Speaker; and

        (b)     the report is taken for all purposes to have been presented to the Legislative Assembly on the day the auditor-general gives it to the Speaker (the report day ); and

        (c)     publication of the report is taken to have been ordered by the Legislative Assembly on the report day; and

        (d)     the Speaker must arrange for a copy of the report to be given to each member of the Legislative Assembly on the report day; and

        (e)     the Speaker may give directions for the printing and circulation, and in relation to the publication, of the report; and

        (f)     despite paragraph (b), the Speaker must present the report to the Legislative Assembly on the next sitting day.

    (6)     The auditor-general may give a copy of the report to a Minister or the head of service if, in the auditor-general's opinion, the Minister or head of service has a special interest in the report.

    (7)     In this section:

"Speaker", for a report given to the Deputy Speaker or clerk under section 37A (Reports to be given to Speaker), means the Deputy Speaker or clerk.