Authorisation and nature of Inquiry
4 Authorisation and nature of Inquiry
The Auditor-General is authorised to undertake the Inquiry.
It is declared that the Auditor-General has the power to examine, investigate, inquire into and report on any matter considered by the Auditor-General to be relevant to the Inquiry.
Without limiting the operation of subsection (2), it will be taken—
that the Inquiry is an examination under section 32 of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1987; and
that the Auditor-General may consider and report on any matter even if that matter does not relate to a publicly funded body within the meaning of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1987; and
that the Auditor-General may exercise or perform any power or function under the Public Finance and Audit Act 1987 that the Auditor-General may have in relation to an examination under section 32 of that Act, including the power to make findings of fact and law; and
that the Auditor-General may make findings as to the conduct of any person.
The Auditor-General—
may conduct the Inquiry in such manner as the Auditor-General thinks fit; and
without limiting any other power, may set time limits and impose other requirements and, in the event of non-compliance with any such time limit or requirement, may make any determination or take any step as the Auditor-General thinks fit.
The Auditor-General will incur no liability for an honest act or omission in the exercise or performance, or purported exercise or performance, of a power or function in connection with the Inquiry.
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