45Performance audit

#### 45 Performance audit (1) The Independent Auditor may at any time conduct a performance audit of the Audit Office. (2) After preparing a proposed report on an audit, the Independent Auditor must give a copy of the proposed report to the Auditor‑General. If the Auditor‑General gives written comments to the Independent Auditor within 28 days after receiving the proposed report, the Independent Auditor must consider those comments before preparing a final report. (3) As soon as practicable after completing the report on the audit, the Independent Auditor must: (a) cause a copy to be tabled in each House of the Parliament; and (b) give a copy to the responsible Minister. (4) The Independent Auditor may give a copy of, or an extract from, the report to any other Minister who, in the Independent Auditor’s opinion, has a special interest in the report or the content of the extract.