The Hon. (Dr.) Anil Jayantha

¶ 01 Hon. Presiding Member, on behalf of the Minister of Justice and National Unity, I move the following amendments:

¶ 02 (1) On page 3, delete line 21 and substitute the following: “a fluctuation, gross negligence, corruption, or gross...”

¶ 03 (2) On page 6, delete line 16 and substitute the following: “by inserting the following new sub-sections:—

¶ 04 (5) The Surcharge Review Committee appointed under section 21 shall, by way of a report containing the following information, cause to be published semi-annually on the website of the National Audit Office established under section 29:—

¶ 05 (a) the number of recommendations received from the Auditor-General under paragraph (b) of sub-section (1) for the imposition of a surcharge;

¶ 06 (b) the number of recommendations reviewed by the Surcharge Review Committee, including a breakdown of the number of surcharges imposed, the number of recommendations varied to a lesser extent, and the number of determinations under review;

¶ 07 (c) a statement, containing the following, relating to surcharges imposed for the time limits fixed for reporting and the surcharges actually recovered, which, where appropriate, shall be obtained by the Surcharge Review Committee from the relevant Chief Accounting Officer or the Secretary to the Cabinet of Ministers:—

¶ 08 (i) the auditees in respect of whom, under paragraph (a) of sub-section (3) of section [x], the recovery of such payment within the stipulated time limit was omitted, together with details of any applicable interest; and

¶ 09 (ii) the number of recovery actions initiated by the Surcharge Review Committee under section 23(1).”

¶ 10 Amendments put, and agreed to.

¶ 11 Clause 6, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.

¶ 12 Clause 7 ordered to stand part of the Bill.