Audit Act 2008
16Auditor-General to be auditor of financial statements of Treasurer
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16 Auditor-General to be auditor of financial statements of Treasurer
(1) The Treasurer, before 30 September in each year, is to submit to the Auditor-General –
(a) statements reporting on the transactions within the Public Account during the immediately preceding financial year and the balances in the Public Account at the end of that financial year; and
(b) any statements required to be prepared in accordance with the requirements of any written law.
(2) [Section 16 Subsection (2) amended by No. 4 of 2017, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2019] [Section 16 Subsection (2) amended by No. 24 of 2012, s. 6, Applied:12 Jul 2012] The Auditor-General is to prepare a report on the statements referred to in subsection (1) in sufficient time to enable the Treasurer to table the Treasurer's annual financial report in accordance with section 40 of the Financial Management Act 2016 .