Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If the Audit Minister refers a proposed recommendation for an appointment of the Auditor - General or Independent Auditor to the Committee for approval, the Committee must:
(a) approve or reject the proposal within 14 days after receiving it; or
(b) notify the Audit Minister as provided for in subsection ( 2).
Note: Clauses 2 of Schedule 1 and 2 of Schedule 2 of the Auditor - General Act 1997 require proposed recommendations to be referred to the Committee for approval.
(2) The Committee may notify the Audit Minister within 14 days after receiving a proposal that it needs more time to consider the proposal. If the Committee does so, the Committee must approve or reject the proposal within 44 days after receiving it.
(3) The decision to approve or reject a proposal is to be by majority of the members of the Committee for the time being holding office.
(4) If the Committee does not make a decision on a proposal by the required time, the Committee is taken, at that time, to have approved the proposal.
(5) The Committee must notify the Audit Minister of its decision on a proposal as soon as practicable after making the decision.
(6) A notification under this section must be in writing.
(7) The Committee must report to both Houses of the Parliament on its decision on a proposal.
(8) In this section:
"Audit Minister" means the Minister administering the Auditor - General Act 1997 .