47Appointment and functions of auditor

47 Appointment and functions of auditor

47 Appointment and functions of auditor

(1) The Governor may, in relation to an annual reporting period for the Audit Office, appoint a registered company auditor within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth to inspect and audit the Audit Office’s financial report and the books and records relating to the administration, during the annual reporting period, of the Audit Office.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the auditor shall have and may exercise, in relation to the Audit Office, the same functions as the Auditor-General has under this Act in relation to an audit of government money.

s 47: Am 2001 No 34, Sch 2.44; 2004 No 91, Sch 1.27 [3]; 2005 No 98, Sch 1.17 [49]; 2018 No 70, Sch 2[21].