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Public Trustee Act 1979
19Audit and report by Auditor-General
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19 Audit and report by Auditor-General
(1) The Auditor-General and any officer of his or her office authorized
by him or her shall, at all times, have access to all the books,
accounts, documents and papers in the control of the Public
Trustee.
(2) The Auditor-General may at any time and must, in respect of each
financial year, inspect and audit the accounts and records of the
Public Trustee and must draw to the attention of the Attorney-
General any irregularity disclosed by the inspection and audit that,
in the opinion of the Auditor-General, is of sufficient importance to
justify so doing.
(3) The Auditor-General must provide the Attorney-General and the
Public Trustee with a report of the results of an inspection and audit
carried out under this section.