76Parliamentary Committee may alter obligations of Auditor-General

76 Parliamentary Committee may alter obligations of Auditor-General (1) The Parliamentary Committee, by resolution, may vary any obligation or requirement imposed on the Auditor-General or the Victorian Auditor-General's Office by or under— (a) section 75(2)(a) or (3)(a); or (b) the **Financial Management Act 1994** or the **Public Administration Act 2004**. (2) The chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee must cause a copy of each resolution under subsection (1) to be laid before each House of the Parliament within 6 sitting days of that House after the resolution is passed. (3) A resolution under subsection (1) is disallowed in whole or in part if— (a) a notice of resolution to disallow the resolution is given in a House of the Parliament on or before the 18th sitting day of that House after a copy of the resolution is laid before that House; and (b) the resolution to disallow is passed by that House on or before the 12th sitting day of that House after the giving of the notice of resolution. (4) Notice of a resolution to disallow a resolution under subsection (1) may be expressed to apply to the whole or to any part of the resolution. (5) A resolution to disallow the whole or any part of a resolution under subsection (1) has effect according to its tenor. (6) If a House of the Parliament is prorogued or the Legislative Assembly is dissolved— (a) the prorogation or dissolution does not affect the power of the House to pass a resolution disallowing a resolution under subsection (1); and (b) the calculation of sitting days of the House is to be made as if there had been no prorogation or dissolution. (7) The disallowance of a resolution under subsection (1)— (a) does not affect the validity of anything done in accordance with the resolution by the Auditor-General or the Victorian Auditor-General's Office before the disallowance takes effect; and (b) does not expose the Auditor-General or the Victorian Auditor-General's Office to any liability or sanction for acting in accordance with the resolution before the disallowance takes effect. S. 77 inserted by No. 12/2019 s. 9.