Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A02018:body:0:p24
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A02018
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 58144–60876

in accordance with arrangements so made, carry out, at such intervals as he thinks fit, an efficiency audit of all or any of the operations of the company to which the arrangement relates.
"(3) An arrangement made by the Auditor-General with an eligible incorporated company—
      (a) may include provision for the payment of fees by the company to the Commonwealth in respect of the carrying out of efficiency audits of operations of the company to which the arrangement relates; and
      (b) may be varied or revoked by the Auditor-General or the company—
          (i) in the case of an arrangement made at the request of a Minister—with the approval of a Minister; or
          (ii) in the case of an arrangement made at the request of the Parliament—with the approval of the Parliament given by resolution of both Houses of the Parliament.
"(4) A Minister may, subject to sub-section (5), by instrument in writing, request the Auditor-General to carry out efficiency audits of the operations of a body (not being a public authority of the Commonwealth) established by, or in accordance with the provisions of, an agreement between the Commonwealth and a State, or between the Commonwealth and 2 or more States, and the Auditor-General may then carry out, while the instrument is in force and at such intervals as he thinks fit, an efficiency audit of all or any of the operations of the body.
"(5) A Minister shall not request the Auditor-General to carry out efficiency audits of the operations of a body referred to in sub-section (4) unless the State concerned has consented, or the States concerned have consented, to the Auditor-General carrying out those audits.
"(6) Where the Auditor-General audits the accounts and records of a fund established by or under an enactment, not being a fund administered by, or established for the purposes of, a public authority of the Commonwealth—
      (a) if the Auditor-General is required to audit those accounts and records by an enactment—the Auditor-General may carry out, at such intervals as he thinks fit, an efficiency audit of all or any of the operations of the body or persons responsible for the administration of the fund, being operations related to the administration of the fund; or
      (b) in any other case—a Minister may, by instrument in writing, request the Auditor-General to carry out efficiency audits of the operations of the body or persons responsible for the administration of the fund, being operations related to the administration of the fund, and the Auditor-General may then carry out, while the instrument is in force and at such intervals as he thinks fit, an efficiency audit of all or any of those operations.
"(7) Where the Commonwealth, or