Eligibility for appointment
4A Eligibility for appointment
A person is an eligible person for appointment as the Auditor-General if:
the person has suitable qualifications or experience relating to the Auditor-General's functions; and
the person is committed to the purposes of this Act and its underlying principles; and
the person is not any of the following:
a judicial officer;
a member of an Australian parliament;
a member of a local government council or of an equivalent body in a State or another Territory;
a member of a political party;
a prescribed officer of a Territory controlled entity; and
the person does not have a recent political affiliation.
For subsection (1)(d), a person has a recent political affiliation if, at any time during the previous 5 years, the person:
was a member of the Legislative Assembly or a local government council; or
was an office holder or elected representative of a political party in the Territory or elsewhere in Australia; or
was a member of staff of a minister; or
made a reportable donation to a political party, or an associated entity of a political party, in the Territory or elsewhere in
Australia.
For subsection (2)(d), a person made a reportable donation if it was made by the person or by a body corporate of which the person was an office holder or majority shareholder at the time the donation was made.
In this section:
reportable donation means a gift or loan that is required to be disclosed or reported under Part 10 of the Electoral
Act 2004 or under a similar law in force in the Commonwealth or in a State or another Territory.
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