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      (b) nothing in this Act, or in any other Act whether passed before or after the commencement of this section, shall be taken to authorize the Auditor-General or any person appointed by the Auditor-General under section 11 to inspect or examine any documents or records of a Department, or of an organization, that relate to expenditure that is recorded in the exempt accounts of the Department or organization.
"(10) In this section—
      (a) a reference to the responsible Minister in respect of a Department shall be read as a reference to the Minister administering that Department or another Minister acting for and on behalf of the Minister administering that Department;
      (b) a reference to the responsible Minister in respect of an organization shall be read as a reference—
          (i) in the case of an organization established by or under an Act—to the Minister administering the provisions of that Act that established, or provided for the establishment of, the organization; or
          (ii) in the case of any other organization—to the Minister declared by the regulations to be the responsible Minister in respect of the organization,
        or another Minister acting for and on behalf of that Minister; and
      (c) a reference to a person to whom sub-section (8) applies shall be read as a reference to—
          (i) the Auditor-General;
          (ii) a person employed in the Auditor-General's Office; or
          (iii) a person, not being a person employed in the Auditor-General's Office, appointed by the Auditor-General under section 11.
"(11) In this section, unless the contrary intention appears—
      'accounts' includes financial statements;
      'exempt accounts' means accounts, or a part of accounts, that, by virtue of a declaration under sub-section (1), are to be treated as exempt accounts of a Department or organization;
      'prescribed Department' means a Department of State declared by the regulations to be a prescribed Department for the purposes of this section;
      'prescribed organization' means an organization declared by the regulations to be a prescribed organization for the purposes of this section.".

Regulations
61. Section 71 of the Principal Act is amended—
      (a) by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-section (1) "books and accounts" and substituting "accounts and records";
      (b) by omitting from paragraph (c) of sub-section (1) "books and documents" and substituting "accounts and records";
      (c) by omitting from paragraph (e) of sub-section (1) "and" (last occurring);
      (d) by adding at the end of sub-section (1) the following word and paragraph:
          ", and (g) the disposal of unclaimed property found on premises, or in an aircraft, vessel, vehicle, container or receptacle, under the control of a Department."; and
      (e) by omitting sub-section (2).

62. After section 71 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Directions by officers, &c.