Statutory Rules
1979 No. 67
REGULATIONS UNDER THE AUDIT ACT 1901*
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Audit Act 1901.
Dated this twenty-first day of April 1979.
ZELMAN COWEN
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command,
(Sgd JOHN HOWARD)
Treasurer for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Finance
AUDIT (EXEMPT ACCOUNTS) REGULATIONS
Citation
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Audit (Exempt Citation Accounts) Regulations.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations, “ the Act ” means the Audit Act 1901.
Prescribed organizations under section 70d
3. For the purposes of section 70d of the Act—
(a) the Australian Security Intelligence Organization; and
(b) the Australian Secret Intelligence Service,
are declared to be prescribed organizations.
Responsible Minister in respect of prescribed organization
4. The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs is declared to be the responsible Minister in respect of the prescribed organization referred to in paragraph 3 (b).
Prescribed Department under section 70d
5. The Department of Business and Consumer Affairs is declared to be a prescribed Department for the purposes of section 70d of the Act.
* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 27 April 1979.
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