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Parliamentary Reporting Staff or the Joint House Department—to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and
          (v) in the case of any other relevant body—
              (a) to the Minister declared by regulations to be the relevant person in respect of that body; or
              (b) if no Minister has been so declared to be the relevant person in respect of the body, to the Minister administering the Department of State responsible for dealing with matters relating to the body,
            or another Minister acting for and on behalf of that Minister.

Annual report concerning efficiency audits
"48g. (1) The Auditor-General shall, as soon as practicable after 30 June in each year, prepare a general report concerning the efficiency audits of operations of relevant bodies carried out by him during the year ended on that date, together with particulars of the costs incurred by him in the carrying out of those audits and the benefits that have, in his opinion, been derived from the carrying out of those audits.
"(2) Where the Auditor-General prepares a report in pursuance of sub-section (1) in respect of a year, the Auditor-General—
      (a) may include the report in a report made by him under section 51 in respect of that year; or
      (b) may sign copies of the report and transmit them to each House of the Parliament.

"(3) The first report to be prepared by the Auditor-General under this section shall be a report relating to efficiency audits of operations of relevant bodies carried out during the period commencing on the date of commencement of this section and ending on 30 June 1979.

Audit fees
"48h. (1) Where the Auditor-General carries out an efficiency audit of operations of a relevant body (not being a Department of State or a Department of the Parliament)—
      (a) determined by the Minister to be a relevant body to which this section applies; or
      (b) included in a class of relevant bodies determined by the Minister to be a class of relevant bodies to which this section applies,
there are payable by that relevant body to the Commonwealth, in respect of the audit, fees and charges in accordance with a scale of fees and charges determined by the Auditor-General in a manner approved by the Minister, being a scale applicable to that relevant body.
"(2) The Minister may exempt a relevant body included in a class of relevant bodies referred to in paragraph (1) (b) from the payment of fees and charges under sub-section (1).

"Division 3—Audits of Auditor-General's Office

Interpretation
"48j. In this Division, unless the contrary intention appears, 'independent auditor' means the person required, in accordance with arrangements made under sub-section 48k(1), to