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arranged with the principal officer of the body, any records relating to the operations of the body that are kept at premises entered by him under this section, and to take copies of, or extracts from, any such records.
"(5) Nothing in this section shall be taken to restrict the operation of any other section of this Act in relation to efficiency audits of operations of a relevant body.

Reports concerning efficiency audits
"48f. (1) Where the Auditor-General carries out an efficiency audit of operations of a relevant body under this Act, he shall prepare and sign a report of the results of the audit.

"(2) A report of the results of an efficiency audit of operations of a relevant body carried out by the Auditor-General—
      (a) may include such information as he thinks desirable in relation to matters referred to in the report;
      (b) shall set out his reasons for opinions expressed in the report; and
      (c) may include any recommendations arising out of the audit that he thinks fit to make.
"(3) Where the Auditor-General prepares a report that he proposes to make with respect to the results of an efficiency audit of operations of a relevant body carried out by him under this Act, the Auditor-General shall, before signing the proposed report, furnish a copy of the proposed report to the body in order that the body may furnish to the Auditor-General any comments on the proposed report that it desires to make.
"(4) Where a copy of a proposed report of the results of an efficiency audit of operations of a relevant body has been furnished to the body under sub-section (3) and—
      (a) the Auditor-General has received comments from the body on the proposed report and has considered those comments; or
      (b) a period of not less than 28 days has elapsed from the date on which the copy of the proposed report was furnished to the body and the Auditor-General has not received any comments from the body,
the proposed report, or that report amended in such manner as the Auditor-General thinks fit having regard to any comments furnished to him by the body, may be signed by the Auditor-General as his report of the results of that efficiency audit.
"(5) The Attorney-General may issue to the Auditor-General a certificate certifying that the disclosure of information concerning a specified matter, or the disclosure of the contents of a specified document, would be contrary to the public interest—
      (a) by reason that the disclosure would prejudice the security, defence or international relations of the Commonwealth;
      (b) by reason that the disclosure would involve the disclosure of deliberations or decisions of the Cabinet or of a