Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered ActsAfter section 16F of the Audit Act 1994 insert —
(1) The Auditor-General may collaborate with the Auditor-General of another jurisdiction with respect to any matter that is the subject of an agreement between Victoria and the other jurisdiction relating to the provision by Victoria of funding for, or expenditure on, that matter.
(2) Subsection (1) does not empower the Auditor-General to conduct a joint audit with the Auditor-General of another jurisdiction.
(3) Despite anything to the contrary in this Act, the Auditor-General may share with the Auditor-General of another jurisdiction any information collected in the course of an audit under this Act or any other Act other than information which is—
(a) contained in a cabinet document within the meaning of section 28 of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 ; or
(b) information which relates to matters of a business, commercial or financial nature, the disclosure of which would be likely to unreasonably expose a person, an authority or an associated entity to disadvantage.
(4) Information provided under subsection (3) that has not already been published may only be provided on the condition that it is not disclosed or published by the Auditor-General to whom it is provided.
(5) The Auditor-General must report on the sharing of information in accordance with this section—
(a) in the relevant report of the audit in the course of which the information was obtained; or
(b) if the sharing of information occurs after the relevant report of the audit has been prepared, in the next annual report.
(6) In this section—
"another jurisdiction" means—
(a) the Commonwealth; or
(b) another Australian State; or
(c) an Australian Territory.".