Hong Kong Ordinances

EMPLOYEES RETRAINING ORDINANCE - SECT 12

Director of Audit's examination

(1) Notwithstanding the appointment of an auditor under section 11, the
Director of Audit may carry out such examination as he thinks fit into the
economy, efficiency and effectiveness with which the Board has used its
resources in discharging its functions and exercising its powers.

(2) The Director of Audit shall have a right of access at all reasonable times
to all such documents in the custody or under the control of the Board as he
may reasonably require for the purpose of carrying out any examination under
subsection (1) and shall be entitled to require from any person holding or
accountable for any such document such information and explanations (if any)
as are reasonably necessary for that purpose.

(3) The Director of Audit may report to the President of the Legislative
Council the results of any examination carried out by him under subsection
(1). (Amended 19 of 1993 s. 6)

(4) The President of the Legislative Council shall, within the period of 1
month, or such longer period as he may determine, after the receipt of the
report (if any) from the Director of Audit under subsection

(3), cause a copy of the report to be laid on the table of the Legislative
Council. (Amended 19 of 1993 s. 6)

(5) Subsection (1) does not entitle the Director of Audit to question the
merits of the policy objectives of the Board. (Enacted 1992)