Victorian Current Acts

AUDIT ACT 1994 - SECT 5

    (1)     A person for the time being employed under Part 3 of the Public Administration Act 2004 as Deputy Auditor-General or the person acting in that office for the time being under that Act—

        (a)     may during any illness, absence or suspension of the Auditor-General and during any vacancy in the office of Auditor-General, act as the deputy of the Auditor-General; and

        (b)     while acting in that capacity, has all the powers, and must perform all the duties, of the Auditor-General.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply if there is a person acting in the office of Auditor-General under section 4.

    (3)     A Deputy Auditor-General or a person acting as Deputy Auditor-General, before first acting as the deputy of the Auditor-General, must take an oath or affirmation of office before the Executive Council.

    (4)     A Deputy Auditor-General, while acting as Auditor-General, is entitled to remuneration at the same rate as is determined for the Auditor-General.

    (5)     A person acting as Deputy Auditor-General, while acting as Deputy Auditor-General, is entitled to remuneration at the same rate as is determined for the Deputy Auditor-General.

Division 2—Administration

S. 6 substituted by No. 12/2019 s. 9.