48FComments on proposed performance audit report

48F Comments on proposed performance audit report

(1) After preparing a proposed report on an audit of the Administration under section 48E, the Auditor‑General must give a copy of the proposed report to the Chief Executive Officer. (2) After preparing a proposed report on an audit of a Territory authority under section 48E, the Auditor‑General must give a copy of the proposed report to the responsible manager or managers of the authority. (3) After preparing a proposed report on an audit under section 48E, the Auditor‑General may give a copy of, or an extract from, the proposed report to any person (including a Norfolk Island Minister or a Commonwealth Minister) who, or any body that, in the Auditor‑General’s opinion, has a special interest in the report or the content of the extract. (4) If the recipient of the proposed report, or the extract from the proposed report, gives written comments to the Auditor‑General within 28 days after receiving the proposed report, or the extract from the proposed report, the Auditor‑General must consider those comments before preparing a final report. (5) The Auditor‑General must, in the final report, include all written comments received under subsection (4).