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TASMANIA
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AUDIT AMENDMENT BILL 2013
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CONTENTS
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Principal Act
4. Section 4 amended (Interpretation)
5. Section 32A inserted
32A. Determination of body or authority to be State entity
6. Section 46 amended (Information confidential)
7. Repeal of Act
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AUDIT AMENDMENT BILL 2013
This Public Bill originated in the House of Assembly, and, having this day passed, is
now ready for presentation to the Legislative Council for its concurrence.
P. R. ALCOCK, Clerk of the House
17 September 2013
(Brought in by the Treasurer, the Honourable Larissa Tahireh
Giddings)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Audit Act 2008
Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by
and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and
House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Audit Amendment
Act 2013.
2. Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which this
Act receives the Royal Assent.
3. Principal Act
In this Act, the Audit Act 2008* is referred to as
the Principal Act.
*No. 49 of 2008
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4. Section 4 amended (Interpretation)
Section 4(1) of the Principal Act is amended as
follows:
(a) by inserting the following definition after
the definition of accounts:
administrative services includes
services relating to financial
matters, human resource matters,
information and communication
technology matters and other
similar matters;
(b) by omitting paragraphs (fa) and (g) from
the definition of State entity and
substituting the following paragraphs:
(g) a body or authority referred to in
section 21, established under
section 29 or 30, or continued
under section 326, of the Local
Government Act 1993; and
(h) the Corporation incorporated
under section 5 of the Water and
Sewerage Corporation Act 2012;
and
(i) a body or authority in respect of
which the Treasurer has made a
determination under section 32A;
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5. Section 32A inserted
After section 32 of the Principal Act, the
following section is inserted in Division 1:
32A. Determination of body or authority to be
State entity
(1) The Treasurer may, in consultation with
the Auditor-General, make a
determination that a body or authority
specified in the determination is a State
entity.
(2) The Treasurer must provide written
communication of any determination
made under subsection (1) to the body or
authority specified in the determination.
6. Section 46 amended (Information confidential)
Section 46 of the Principal Act is amended as
follows:
(a) by omitting from subsection (2)(b)
"Criminal Code." and substituting
"Criminal Code; or";
(b) by inserting the following paragraph after
paragraph (b) in subsection (2):
(c) the procurement by, or provision
to, the Auditor-General of -
(i) audit services; or
(ii) administrative services.
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(c) by omitting from subsection (3)(e)(ii)
"section 30A." and substituting
"section 30A; or";
(d) by inserting the following paragraph after
paragraph (e) in subsection (3):
(f) any other person or body if the
Auditor-General has determined
that -
(i) it is appropriate that such
information should be
provided to that person or
body; and
(ii) the provision of such
information would be in
accordance with
section 30A.
7. Repeal of Act
This Act is repealed on the three hundred and
sixty fifth day from the day on which it
commences.
6 Government Printer, Tasmania