Auditor-General Act 1996
9DContractors
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9D Contractors (1) The auditor-general may, on behalf of the Territory, engage a person under a contract to assist in the exercise of any function of the auditor- general. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who— (a) is the independent auditor; or (b) has been the independent auditor within the 12 months before the engagement. 9DA Staff not subject to direction from others (1) The auditor-general’s staff are not subject to direction from anyone other than the following people in relation to the exercise of the auditor-general’s functions: (a) the auditor-general; (b) another member of the auditor-general’s staff authorised by the auditor-general to give directions. (2) In this section: staff means— (a) staff mentioned in section 9C; and