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Fisheries Act 1996

Performance of services by approved organisations - Information disclosure requirements

296ZD: Requirement that information be audited

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"The Minister can ask groups to have their information checked by an approved auditor."

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The Minister can ask an organisation to get its information checked by an auditor. You need to know that this auditor is approved by the Minister. The information to be checked is what the organisation must supply under section 296ZC. If the organisation does not comply, it commits an offence. The Minister decides who the auditor is. The organisation must do what the Minister asks. If the organisation breaks the law, it will get a penalty. The penalty is explained in section 252(3). You can find out what the penalty is by looking at that section.

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Part 15APerformance of services by approved organisations
Information disclosure requirements

296ZDRequirement that information be audited

  1. The Minister may, by notice in writing to an approved service delivery organisation, require any information or data that the organisation is required to supply under section 296ZC to be audited by an auditor approved by the Minister.

  2. An approved service delivery organisation commits an offence against this Act if it fails to comply with this section.

  3. The penalty on conviction for an offence against subsection (2) is set out in section 252(3).

Notes
  • Section 296ZD: inserted, on , by section 65 of the Fisheries Act 1996 Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 101).