(1) As soon as practicable after 30 June in each financial year, the Auditor - General must:
(a) prepare a report on the activities of the Audit Office during that financial year; and
(b) cause a copy of the report to be tabled in each House of the Parliament.
Note: The following provisions set out information that must be included in the Audit Office's annual report:
(a) subsections 14(4), 16(4) and 54(4) of this Act;
(b) paragraph 39(1)(b) and subsection 43(4) of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 .
(2) The annual report must be tabled by:
(a) the 15th day of October; or
(b) the end of any further period granted under subsection 34C(5) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .
(3) The annual report must comply with any requirements prescribed by rules made for the purposes of subsection 46(3) of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 , in relation to non - corporate Commonwealth entities, as if a reference in those rules to section 46 of that Act were a reference to this section.
(4) An annual report is taken, for the purposes of any other Act, to be a report under section 46 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 .
(5) Section 46 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 does not apply in relation to the Auditor - General.