Auditor-General Act 2009

The deputy auditor-general is to perform the duties directed by the auditor-general.

The deputy auditor-general is to act as auditor-general—

during vacancies in the office of auditor-general; and

during periods when the auditor-general is absent from duty or Australia or is, for another reason, unable to perform the functions of the office.

While the deputy auditor-general is acting as auditor-general—

the deputy auditor-general has all the powers and functions of the auditor-general; and

this Act and other Acts apply to the deputy auditor-general as if the deputy auditor-general were the auditor-general.

Anything done by or in relation to the deputy auditor-general while the deputy auditor-general is purporting to act as auditor-general is not invalid merely because the occasion for the deputy auditor-general to act had not arisen or had ceased.