21Ministerial response to report for Legislative Assembly

21 Ministerial response to report for Legislative Assembly (1) Within 4 months after the day a report by the auditor-general is presented to the Legislative Assembly under section 17 (Reports for Legislative Assembly), the Minister must— (a) prepare a written response to the report; and (b) either— (i) present the response to the Legislative Assembly; or (ii) give the response, and a copy for each member of the Assembly, to the Speaker. (2) If the Minister gives the response to the Speaker— (a) the Speaker must arrange for a copy of the response to be given to each member of the Legislative Assembly; and (b) the Minister must present the response to the Legislative Assembly— (i) on the next sitting day; or (ii) if the next sitting day is the first meeting of the Legislative Assembly after a general election of members of the Assembly—on the second sitting day after the election. (3) In this section: Speaker, for a response given to the Deputy Speaker or clerk under section 37A (Reports to be given to Speaker), means the Deputy Speaker or clerk.

Part 5 Review of auditor-general Division 5.1 Strategic review of auditor-general Section 23 page 36 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 Part 5 Review of auditor-general Division 5.1 Strategic review of auditor-general 23 Meaning of strategic review—div 5.1 In this division: strategic review, of the auditor-general, means— (a) a review of the auditor-general’s functions; and (b) a performance audit of the auditor-general.