40Staff

#### 40 Staff (1) The staff of the Audit Office are to be persons engaged under the Public Service Act 1999. > Note: Under section 27, the Auditor‑General may also engage persons under contract. (1A) For the purposes of the Public Service Act 1999: (a) the Auditor‑General and the APS employees assisting the Auditor‑General together constitute a Statutory Agency; and (b) the Auditor‑General is the Head of that Statutory Agency. (2) Directions to staff of the Audit Office relating to the performance of the Auditor‑General’s functions may only be given by: (a) the Auditor‑General; or (b) a member of the staff of the Audit Office authorised to give such directions by the Auditor‑General.