South Australian Consolidated Acts

HINDMARSH SOCCER STADIUM (AUDITOR-GENERAL'S REPORT) ACT 2001 - SECT 6

6—Judicial proceedings

        (1)         No proceedings relating to any act or omission of the Auditor-General in connection, or purported connection, with the Inquiry before the prescribed date may be commenced more than 14 days after the prescribed date and in any event such proceedings may not be commenced if, as at the prescribed date, the time for bringing those proceedings has already expired.

        (2)         No proceedings relating to any act or omission of the Auditor-General in connection, or purported connection, with the Inquiry on or after the prescribed date may be commenced more than 14 days after the date of the act or omission.

        (3)         No proceedings may be brought, and no order may be given, to prevent the Auditor-General from preparing or from continuing to prepare, or from delivering, the report required by section 5, or any report prepared by the Auditor-General in purported compliance with that section.

        (4)         Without limiting the operation of subsection (3), no proceedings may be brought to question the bona fides or impartiality of the Auditor-General in the conduct of the Inquiry.

        (5)         If any proceedings are brought in connection with the Inquiry, the court before which the proceedings are brought must take into account—

            (a)         the intention of Parliament that the Auditor-General prepare and deliver a report on the Inquiry by 31 October 2001; and

            (b)         the desire of Parliament that the report on the Inquiry delivered by the Auditor-General be as comprehensive and complete as may be possible in the circumstances.

        (6)         No public funds may be applied in relation to any legal costs incurred after 27 July 2001 in connection with any proceedings relating to an act or omission of the Auditor-General in connection, or purported connection, with the Inquiry brought before a court, other than funds applied by the Auditor-General or by the court itself.

        (7)         In this section—

"prescribed date" means the date on which this Act is assented to by the Governor;

"proceedings" include proceedings for judicial review or for a declaration, injunction, writ, order or other form of judicial remedy.