Local Government Act 2002

Planning, decision-making, and accountability - Reporting

99: Audit of information in annual report and summary

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“Making sure your yearly report and its summary are checked by an expert”

You need to include the Auditor-General’s report in your annual report. This report should cover several important things. It should look at the financial statements, which show how much money you’ve spent and received. It should also check the statement about what you planned to spend on big projects and what you actually spent. The report needs to look at the funding impact statement, which explains how you got your money and what you used it for. Lastly, it should make sure you’ve followed all the rules about what needs to be in an annual report.

When you make a summary of your annual report, you also need to include a report from the Auditor-General. This report should say whether your summary gives a fair and consistent picture of the main things in your full annual report.

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Part 6 Planning, decision-making, and accountability
Reporting

99Audit of information in annual report and summary

  1. In addition to the information required by Part 3 of Schedule 10, the annual report must contain the Auditor-General's report on—

  2. the financial statements referred to in clause 29 of Schedule 10; and
    1. the statement about budgeted and actual capital expenditure referred to in clause 24 of Schedule 10; and
      1. the funding impact statement referred to in clause 30 of Schedule 10; and
        1. the local authority's compliance with the requirements of Schedule 10 that are applicable to the annual report.
          1. In addition to the information required by section 98(5), the summary required by section 98(4)(b) must contain the Auditor-General's report on whether the summary represents, fairly and consistently, the information regarding the major matters dealt with in the annual report.

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          Notes
          • Section 99(1): substituted, on , by section 16 of the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 124).
          • Section 99(1): amended, on , by section 28 of the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 93).
          • Section 99(2): amended, on , by section 28 of the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 93).