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the matter arises in connexion with the carrying out of an efficiency audit of operations of another relevant body—
          (i) draw the matter to the attention of the Prime Minister, the Minister administering this Act and the Public Service Board; and
          (ii) if neither of those Ministers is the Minister administering the Department of State responsible for dealing with matters that relate to that body—also draw the matter to the attention of the Minister administering that Department of State.
"(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b)—
      (a) in respect of the Department of the Senate—the relevant person is the President of the Senate;
      (b) in respect of the Department of the House of Representatives— the relevant person is the Speaker of the House of Representatives; or
      (c) in respect of the Department of the Parliamentary Library, the Department of the Parliamentary Reporting Staff or the Joint House Department—the relevant persons are the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
"(4) In paragraph (2)(c)–
      (a) 'relevant body' has the same meaning as it has in Division 2 of Part VI; and
      (b) a reference to the Minister administering a Department of State shall be read as including a reference to another Minister acting for and on behalf of the Minister administering the Department of State.".

Auditor-General may call for persons and records
10. Section 13 of the Principal Act is amended—
      (a) by omitting from sub-section (1) "accounts books vouchers documents and papers" and substituting "accounts and records"; and
      (b) by omitting from sub-section (2) "book document or record" and substituting "records".

11. (1) Section 14b of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted;

Auditor-General to have access to accounts and records
"14b. (1) Without prejudice to the powers conferred by any other provision of this Act, the Auditor-General or an authorized officer is entitled to have full and free access, at all reasonable times, to all accounts and records in the possession of, or under the control of—
      (a) any authority established or appointed under an enactment;
      (b) any officer or employee under the control of any such authority; or
      (c) any other person,
being accounts or records which deal with, form the basis of, or are relevant directly or indirectly to, the receipt or expenditure of any public moneys, the receipt, custody or disposal of stores or an approval for the expenditure of any such moneys, and may make copies of, or take extracts from, any such accounts or records.
"(2) Such an authority, officer, employee or person shall, upon request at any reasonable time by the Auditor-General or by an authorized officer produce to him all such accounts or records