173FAudit rights

173F Audit rights (1) The Ministers may appoint a person as an independent auditor to audit the documents of the contractor that relate to the contractor's operations under the administrative services agreement. (2) The Ministers may make an appointment under subsection (1) at any time during the term, or the 7 year period immediately following the expiration, of an administrative services agreement or any renewal of an administrative services agreement. (3) A contractor or sub-contractor must— (a) make all documents in its actual possession relating to the contractor's operations under the administrative services agreement available to an independent auditor appointed under subsection (1) at the time and place specified by that auditor; and (b) provide an independent auditor appointed under subsection (1) with any assistance necessary to enable the audit to be undertaken. S. 173G inserted by No. 59/2017 s. 62.