Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A02018:body:0:p25
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A02018
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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 a public authority of the Commonwealth, pays moneys to a body (not being a State, a public authority of the Commonwealth or an authority of a State) or to a person, by way of financial assistance to the body or person, a Minister may, with the consent of the body or person, request the Auditor-General, by instrument in writing, to carry out efficiency audits of the operations of the body or person in the carrying out of which those moneys have been, are being or are to be applied, 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.
"(8) For the purposes of sub-section (7), where a body or person accepts any moneys paid to it or him by the Commonwealth, or by a public authority of the Commonwealth, by way of financial assistance, on condition that the body or person will permit the Auditor-General to carry out efficiency audits of the operations of the body or person in the carrying out of which those moneys have been, are being or are to be applied, the body or person shall be deemed to have given its or his consent to the carrying out by the Auditor-General of efficiency audits of all or any of those operations.

Efficiency audit extends to examination of certain procedures
"48d. Where moneys are paid in accordance with the provisions of an enactment—
      (a) by the Commonwealth to a State, by way of financial assistance, on condition that—
          (i) the State will apply the moneys for a purpose specified in the enactment; or
          (ii) the State will pay the moneys to another body for application by that body for a purpose specified in the enactment; or
      (b) by the Commonwealth to a body other than a State or a public authority of the Commonwealth, by way of financial assistance, on condition that the body will apply the moneys for a purpose specified in the enactment,
an efficiency audit of the operations of the Department or public authority of the Commonwealth responsible for the administration of the grant of that financial assistance may include an examination of the procedures that are being followed by that Department or authority for the purpose of assessing the extent to which the operations in the carrying on of which the moneys are required to be applied are being carried