Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00557:section:73l
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00557
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 73L
Character Range: 250265–251344

73L  Audits
 (1) The Inspector‑General may conduct, or appoint or establish a person or body (an auditor) to conduct, periodic audits to assess the extent of compliance with either or both of the following:
 (a) the Basin Plan;
 (b) water resource plans.
 (2) In conducting an audit, the auditor must have regard to the following:
 (a) guidelines (if any) issued by the Inspector‑General relating to the conduct of an audit;
 (b) any applicable guidelines issued by the Inspector‑General under section 215V;
 (c) any applicable standards issued by the Inspector‑General under section 215VA.
 (3) The auditor must:
 (a) prepare a report setting out the findings of the audit and any recommendations arising from the audit; and
 (b) before the report is finalised, provide any person or body to which the audit relates with an opportunity to comment on the proposed findings and recommendations.
 (4) After a report prepared under subsection (3) is finalised, the Inspector‑General must publish a copy of the report on the Inspector‑General's website or the Department's website.