14Audit fees for annual financial statement audits

#### 14 Audit fees for annual financial statement audits (1) A person or body (other than a non‑corporate Commonwealth entity) whose annual financial statements are audited as mentioned in: (a) section 11 of this Act; or (b) subsection 30(3) of the Governance of Australian Government Superannuation Schemes Act 2011; is liable to pay audit fees for the audit, based on a scale of fees determined by the Auditor‑General. (2) Fees are payable within 30 days after issue of a payment claim. Payment claims for instalments may be issued before the audit is completed. (3) Unpaid fees: (a) are a debt due to the Commonwealth; and (b) may be recovered by the Auditor‑General, on behalf of the Commonwealth, by action in a court of competent jurisdiction. (4) In each annual report prepared by the Auditor‑General under section 28 of this Act, the Auditor‑General must include details of the basis on which the Auditor‑General determined the audit fees that applied during the financial year concerned.