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Legal Aid Act 1977
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47 Audit
(1) The Auditor-General shall inspect and audit the accounts and records
of the financial transactions of the commission and the records
relating to the assets of, or in the custody of, the commission and shall
draw the attention of the Minister to any irregularity disclosed by the
inspection and audit that is, in the opinion of the Auditor-General, of
sufficient importance to justify the Auditor-General doing so.
(2) The Auditor-General may, at the Auditor-General’s discretion,
dispense with all or any part of the detailed inspection and audit of
any accounts or records referred to in subsection (1).
(3) The Auditor-General shall, at least once in each year, report to the
Minister the results of the inspection and audit carried out under
subsection (1).
(4) In this section:
assets includes property held on trust.
financial transactions includes financial transactions involving or
related to money or property held on trust.