13CMinister or relevant Assembly committee may request

13C Minister or relevant Assembly committee may request audit of non-public sector entity (1) This section applies if a public sector entity provides property to a non-public sector entity for a purpose. (2) The Minister or the relevant Assembly committee may ask the auditor-general to conduct a performance audit of the non-public sector entity in relation to the property provided by the public sector entity. (3) The auditor-general may conduct the requested audit if satisfied that— (a) the usual acquittal procedures for the use of property provided by a public sector entity have been exhausted; and (b) there are no other mechanisms reasonably available to the public sector entity to resolve the proposed subject of the audit; and (c) failure to conduct the audit may result in significant risk to the Territory. (4) If the auditor-general conducts the requested audit, the auditor-general must record the reasons for the decision in the audit report. (5) In conducting the audit, the auditor-general may exercise a power under division 3.6 (Power to obtain information) only to the extent that it relates to the property provided by the public sector entity.

Part 3 Functions and powers Division 3.6 Power to obtain information Section 13D page 24 Auditor-General Act 1996 Effective: 18/09/24 R22 18/09/24 Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au