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Administration of an External Territory contained in any of the accounts and financial statements referred to in paragraph (a) of sub-section (1)); or
     (b) an examination of a report of the Auditor-General that relates to, or in so far as it relates to—
          (i) the financial affairs of the Northern Territory or of the Administration of an External Territory (including the financial affairs of the Administration of an External Territory contained in any of the accounts and financial statements referred to in paragraph (a) of sub-section (1)); or
          (ii) the results of an efficiency audit of operations of the Administration of an External Territory.
"(3) For the purpose of this section, an authority of the Commonwealth to which this Act applies is—
     (a) a body corporate or an unincorporated body established for a public purpose by, or in accordance with the provisions of, an enactment, not being an inter-governmental body;
     (b) a body established by the Governor-General or by a Minister otherwise than in accordance with an enactment; or
     (c) an incorporated company over which the Commonwealth is in a position to exercise control.
"(4) Where the parties to an agreement relating to the establishment of an inter-governmental body consent to the examination, by the Committee, of the financial affairs of that body, the Minister shall notify the fact that they have so consented in the Gazette and the body shall thereupon become an inter-governmental body to which this Act applies.

"(5) Where a party to an agreement relating to the establishment of an inter-governmental body (being an inter-governmental body which, by virtue of sub-section (4), is an inter-governmental body to which this Act applies) withdraws its consent to the examination, by the Committee, of the financial affairs of that body, the Minister shall notify the fact that that party has withdrawn its consent in the Gazette and the body shall thereupon cease to be an inter-governmental body to which this Act applies.
"(6) In this section, unless the contrary intention appears—
     'enactment' means—
          (a) an Act;
          (b) an Ordinance of the Australian Capital Territory; or
          (c) an instrument (including rules, regulations or by-laws) made under an Act or under such an Ordinance;
     'inter-governmental body' means a body corporate or an unincorporated body established by, or in accordance with the provisions of, an agreement between the Commonwealth and a State or States or between the Commonwealth and the government of another country or the governments of other countries;
     'State' includes the Northern Territory.".

Sectional committees
6. Section 9 of the Principal Act is amended—
     (a) by omitting from sub-section (1) "Subject to the next succeeding sub-section, the Committee" and substituting "The Committee"; and
     (b) by omitting sub-section (2).