Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013
CHAPTER 2
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COMMONWEALTH ENTITIES AND THE COMMONWEALTH
PART 2-3
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PLANNING, PERFORMANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Division 3
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Performance of Commonwealth entities
SECTION 40
AUDIT OF ANNUAL PERFORMANCE STATEMENTS FOR COMMONWEALTH ENTITIES
40(1)
The responsible Minister for a Commonwealth entity or the Finance Minister (the requesting Minister ) may request the Auditor-General to examine and report on the entity ' s annual performance statements.
40(2)
If, under a request under subsection (1) , the Auditor-General examines and reports on the entity ' s annual performance statements, the Auditor-General must give a copy of the report to the requesting Minister.
40(3)
The requesting Minister must cause a copy of the Auditor-General ' s report to be tabled in each House of the Parliament as soon as practicable after receipt. The copy that is tabled must be accompanied by a copy of the entity ' s annual performance statements.
The responsible Minister for a Commonwealth entity or the Finance Minister (the requesting Minister ) may request the Auditor-General to examine and report on the entity ' s annual performance statements.
Note:
The Auditor-General may at any time conduct a performance audit of a Commonwealth entity: see Division 2 of Part 4 of the Auditor-General Act 1997 .
40(2)
If, under a request under subsection (1) , the Auditor-General examines and reports on the entity ' s annual performance statements, the Auditor-General must give a copy of the report to the requesting Minister.
40(3)
The requesting Minister must cause a copy of the Auditor-General ' s report to be tabled in each House of the Parliament as soon as practicable after receipt. The copy that is tabled must be accompanied by a copy of the entity ' s annual performance statements.
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