Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2011A00190:clause:1_18a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2011A00190
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 18A
Character Range: 3686–5688

18A  Audit of performance indicators
 (1) The Auditor‑General may at any time conduct an audit of:
 (a) the appropriateness of the performance indicators (however described) of:
 (i) an Agency; or
 (ii) a Commonwealth authority (other than a GBE), or of any of its subsidiaries; or
 (iii) a Commonwealth company (other than a GBE), or of any of its subsidiaries; and
 (b) reporting by the Agency, authority, company or subsidiary against those indicators.
 (2) If the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit requests it, the Auditor‑General may conduct an audit of:
 (a) the appropriateness of the performance indicators (however described) of:
 (i) a Commonwealth authority that is a GBE, or of any of its subsidiaries; or
 (ii) a wholly owned Commonwealth company that is a GBE, or of any of its subsidiaries; and
 (b) reporting by the authority, company or subsidiary against those indicators.
 (3) Nothing prevents the Auditor‑General from asking the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit to make a particular request under subsection (2).
 (4) As soon as practicable after completing the report on an audit under this section, the Auditor‑General must:
 (a) cause a copy of the report to be tabled in each House of the Parliament; and
 (b) give a copy of the report to the responsible Minister; and
 (c) give a copy of the report to:
 (i) the Chief Executive of the Agency; or
 (ii) an officer of the Commonwealth authority or the subsidiary of the Commonwealth authority; or
 (iii) a director or senior manager of the Commonwealth company or the subsidiary of the Commonwealth company.
 (5) Subsection (4) does not apply if the report is, or is to be, included in the annual report of the Agency, Commonwealth authority or Commonwealth company.
 (6) The Auditor‑General may give a copy of, or an extract from, the report to any person (including a 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.