Auditor-General Act 2009
sec.33Appropriate Minister or authority to give Treasurer and auditor-general information about public sector entities
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sec.33 Appropriate Minister or authority to give Treasurer and auditor-general information about public sector entities
This section applies if— a public sector entity is established or abolished (a notifiable event ); or an entity becomes a public sector entity or stops being a public sector entity (also a notifiable event ). If the public sector entity is a GOC or a prescribed subsidiary of a GOC, the board of the GOC or the subsidiary must give the auditor-general a written notice about the notifiable event. For other public sector entities, the appropriate Minister for the public sector entity must give the Treasurer and the auditor-general a written notice about the notifiable event. For all public sector entities if the auditor-general asks the Minister, or for a GOC, the shareholding Ministers of the corporation, for information about the public sector entity, the Minister or shareholding Ministers must give the auditor-general the information. This section does not apply to a public sector entity that is, or is a part of, a department. In this section— prescribed subsidiary means a subsidiary prescribed under a regulation. (sec.33-ssec.1) This section applies if— a public sector entity is established or abolished (a notifiable event ); or an entity becomes a public sector entity or stops being a public sector entity (also a notifiable event ). (sec.33-ssec.2) If the public sector entity is a GOC or a prescribed subsidiary of a GOC, the board of the GOC or the subsidiary must give the auditor-general a written notice about the notifiable event. (sec.33-ssec.3) For other public sector entities, the appropriate Minister for the public sector entity must give the Treasurer and the auditor-general a written notice about the notifiable event. (sec.33-ssec.4) For all public sector entities if the auditor-general asks the Minister, or for a GOC, the shareholding Ministers of the corporation, for information about the public sector entity, the Minister or shareholding Ministers must give the auditor-general the information. (sec.33-ssec.5) This section does not apply to a public sector entity that is, or is a part of, a department. (sec.33-ssec.6) In this section— prescribed subsidiary means a subsidiary prescribed under a regulation.
- (a) a public sector entity is established or abolished (a notifiable event ); or
- (b) an entity becomes a public sector entity or stops being a public sector entity (also a notifiable event ).