Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A02018:body:0:p23
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A02018
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Character Range: 55581–58380

President, Deputy President or other member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal;
          (vi) magistrate or coroner of the Australian Capital Territory; or
          (vii) member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly or member of the Legislative Assembly for the Northern Territory;
      (b) a person who holds, or is performing the duties of, an office of Commonwealth Ombudsman or Deputy Commonwealth Ombudsman; or
      (c) a person required or authorized by the Governor-General, by Commission, to inquire into and report upon any matter.
"(5) Sub-section (3) does not apply to—
      (a) an office of member of an authority or other body (including a Commonwealth organization); or
      (b) an office established by an enactment for the purposes of a public authority of the Commonwealth or of a Commonwealth organization,
but any operation carried on by or on behalf of the holder of the office, being an operation included within the functions of the office, shall, for the purposes of this Division, be deemed to have been carried on by that authority or other body or by that Commonwealth organization, as the case may be.
"(6) Where a person who holds an office or appointment referred to in sub-section (3) also holds an office in a Department and performs the functions of the first-mentioned office, or of the appointment, in association with his functions as the holder of that office in that Department, sub-section (3) does not apply to him, but any operations carried on by him within the functions of the first-mentioned office, or of the appointment, shall, for the purposes of this Division, be deemed to have been carried on by that Department.

Auditor-General to carry out efficiency audits
"48c. (1) The Auditor-General may carry out, at such intervals as he thinks fit, an efficiency audit of all or any of the operations—
      (a) of a Department;
      (b) of a public authority of the Commonwealth; or
      (c) of a Commonwealth organization.

"(2) A Minister may by writing under his hand, or the Parliament may by resolution of both Houses of the Parliament, request the Auditor-General to carry out efficiency audits of all the operations, or of specified operations, of an eligible incorporated company, and, where the Minister or the Parliament does so, the Auditor-General—
      (a) may make arrangements with the company for the carrying out by him of efficiency audits of all the operations of the company, or of the operations of the company so specified, as the case requires; and
      (b) may, 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