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Lotteries Act 1997
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### sec.157C Audit program
The Minister may approve an audit program for investigating inspectors.
The chief executive may investigate an inspector under an approved audit program to help the chief executive decide whether the inspector is a suitable person to be an inspector, having regard to—
the inspector’s character; and
the inspector’s current financial position and financial background; and
any other matter the chief executive considers relevant to the person’s suitability to be an inspector.
However, the chief executive may investigate an inspector under subsection (2) only once every 2 years, unless the chief executive reasonably suspects the inspector is not a suitable person to be an inspector having regard to the matters mentioned in subsection (2) .
The chief executive must ensure the investigation is conducted under the approved audit program.
In this section—
approved audit program means an audit program approved by the Minister under subsection (1) .
s 157C (prev s 157E) ins 2004 No. 21 s 96
amd 2005 No. 12 s 77
renum 2005 No. 12 s 88 sch
(sec.157C-ssec.1) The Minister may approve an audit program for investigating inspectors.
(sec.157C-ssec.2) The chief executive may investigate an inspector under an approved audit program to help the chief executive decide whether the inspector is a suitable person to be an inspector, having regard to— the inspector’s character; and the inspector’s current financial position and financial background; and any other matter the chief executive considers relevant to the person’s suitability to be an inspector.
(sec.157C-ssec.3) However, the chief executive may investigate an inspector under subsection (2) only once every 2 years, unless the chief executive reasonably suspects the inspector is not a suitable person to be an inspector having regard to the matters mentioned in subsection (2) .
(sec.157C-ssec.4) The chief executive must ensure the investigation is conducted under the approved audit program.
(sec.157C-ssec.5) In this section— approved audit program means an audit program approved by the Minister under subsection (1) .
- (a) the inspector’s character; and
- (b) the inspector’s current financial position and financial background; and
- (c) any other matter the chief executive considers relevant to the person’s suitability to be an inspector.