Local Government (Audit Panels) Order 2014 (Tas)

Local Government (Audit Panels) Order 2014

I make the following order under section 85B(1) of the Local Government Act 1993 .

10 February 2014

BRYAN GREEN

Minister for Local Government

1. Short title This order may be cited as the Local Government (Audit Panels) Order 2014 .

2. Commencement This order takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the Gazette.

3. Interpretation (1) In this order – Act means the Local Government Act 1993 ; audit panel means an audit panel that a council is required to establish under section 85(1) of the Act; independent person means a person who is not a councillor or employee of the relevant council. (2) The Acts Interpretation Act 1931 applies to the interpretation of this order as if it were by-laws.

4. Functions of audit panel (1) In this clause – Part 7 plan means a strategic plan, an annual plan, a long-term financial management plan or a long-term strategic asset management plan of a council prepared under Division 2 of Part 7 of the Act. (2) For the purposes of section 85A(1)(d) of the Act, the following matters are specified as the matters that an audit panel is to consider in a review of the relevant council's performance: (a) whether the annual financial statements of the council accurately represent the state of affairs of the council; (b) whether and how the Part 7 plans are integrated and the processes by which, and assumptions under which, those plans were prepared; (c) the accounting, internal control, anti-fraud, anti-corruption and risk management policies, systems and controls that the council has in relation to safeguarding its long-term financial position; (d) whether the council is complying with the provisions of the Act and any other relevant legislation; (e) whether the council has taken any action in relation to previous recommendations provided by the audit panel to the council and, if it has so taken action, what that action was and its effectiveness.