Public Finance and Audit Act 1987

This section applies to a contract—

to which the Crown, a public authority or a publicly funded body is a party; and

the contents of which are affected by contractual or other requirements as to confidentiality.

The Auditor‑General must, at the request of a Minister, examine any document prepared for the purposes of this section as a summary of the contents of a contract to which this section applies and report (with reasons, as the Auditor‑General thinks necessary) the

Auditor‑General's opinion on the adequacy of the document as a summary of the contents of the contract, having regard to the requirements as to confidentiality affecting the contents of the contract.

The Auditor‑General may, in preparing a report under this section, consult with any Minister in relation to a matter to which the report relates.

The Auditor‑General must deliver copies of a report prepared under this section to the Minister who requested the report and to the

President of the Legislative Council and the Speaker of the House of

Assembly.

The President of the Legislative Council and the Speaker of the

House of Assembly must, not later than the first sitting day after receiving a report under this section, lay copies of the report before their respective

Houses.

Without affecting the requirement to comply with subsection (5), the President or the Speaker may, on receipt of a report at a time when Parliament is not in session or is adjourned, deliver a copy of the report to a committee of Parliament inquiring into a matter to which the report is relevant.