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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1998 Week 1 Hansard (28 April) . . Page.. 45 ..
MR BERRY: I move:
(1) Omit paragraph (2), substitute the following paragraph:
Ã(2)(a) A Standing Committee on Public Accounts be appointed to:
(i) examine:
(A) the accounts of the receipts and expenditure of the Australian Capital Territory;
(B) the financial affairs of authorities of the Australian Capital Territory; and
(C) all reports of the Auditor-General which have been laid before the Assembly;
(ii) report to the Assembly, with such comments as it thinks fit, any items or matters in those accounts, statements and reports, or any circumstances connected with them, to which the Committee is of the opinion that the attention of the Assembly should be directed; and
(iii) inquire into any question in connection with the public accounts which is referred to it by the Assembly and to report to the Assembly on that question;
(b) the Committee shall consist of five members;
(c) the Committee shall have power to consider and make use of the evidence and records of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts appointed during the previous Assembly;
(d) the Committee be provided with the necessary staff, facilities and resources;
(e) the foregoing provisions of this resolution, so far as they are inconsistent with the standing orders, have effect notwithstanding anything contained in the standing orders.Ã.
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