Audit Act 1994
41Use and inspection of documents or other things produced
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41 Use and inspection of documents or other things produced
(1) In respect of any document or thing produced in response to an information gathering notice or provided by consent, the Auditor-General or a VAGO officer may do all or any of the following—
(a) inspect any document or other thing;
(b) retain the document or other thing for as long as is reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was produced or provided;
(c) take extracts from and make copies of the document or other thing.
(2) A person who is entitled to inspect a document or other thing that is in the possession of the Auditor-General or a VAGO officer may inspect the document or other thing at any reasonable time.
S. 42 inserted by No. 12/2019 s. 9.