Public Audit Excess Fee Act

2 No. 42481 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23 MAY 2019 Act No. 20 of 2019 Public Audit Excess Fee Act, 2019 (English text signed by the President) (Assented to 22 May 2019) ACT To provide that the specified excess of the audit fee of certain categories of organs of state, payable to the Auditor-General, as envisaged in the Public Audit Act, 2004, is, if the stated conditions are complied with, a direct charge against the National Revenue Fund; and to provide for matters connected therewith. BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:— Excess audit fee payable to Auditor-General

1. The excess of any audit fee, envisaged in section 23(6) of the Public Audit Act, 2004 (Act No. 25 of 2004), as amended by section 10 of the Public Audit Amendment Act, 2018 (Act No. 5 of 2018), is a direct charge against the National Revenue Fund. 5 Short title and commencement

2. This Act is called the Public Audit Excess Fee Act, 2019, and takes effect on a date to be determined by the Minister of Finance by notice in the Gazette. This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za Wet op Openbare Oudit Oorskrydingsgelde, 2019 Wet No. 20 van 2019 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23 MAY 2019 No. 42481 3 (Engelse teks deur die President geteken) (Goedgekeur op 22 Mei 2019) WET (Engelse teks deur die President geteken) (Goedgekeur op 27 Junie 2017) Om voorsiening te maak dat die gespesifiseerde oorskryding van ouditgelde wat vir sekere kategorieë van staatsorgane aan die Ouditeur-generaal soos beoog in die Wet op Openbare Oudit, 2004, betaalbaar is, ’n direkte las teen die Nasionale Inkomstefonds is mits vasgestelde voorwaardes nagekom is; en om voorsiening te maak vir aangeleenthede wat daarmee verband hou. DAAR WORD BEPAAL deur die Parlement van die Republiek van Suid-Afrika, soos volg:— Oudit oorskrydingsgelde aan Ouditeur-generaal betaalbaar

1. Die oorskryding van enige ouditgelde, beoog in artikel 23(6) van die Wet op Openbare Oudit, 2004 (Wet No. 25 van 2004), soos gewysig deur artikel 10 van die Wysigingswet op Openbare Oudit, 2018 (Wet No. 5 van 2018), is ’n direkte las teen die Nasionale Inkomstefonds. 5 Kort titel en inwerkingtreding

2. Hierdie Wet heet die Wet op Openbare Oudit Oorskrydingsgelde, 2019, en word van krag op ’n datum deur die Minister van Finansies by kennisgewing in die Staatskoerant bepaal. 10 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za

4 No. 42481 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23 MAY 2019 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.zaPrinted by and obtainable from the Government Printer, Bosman Street, Private Bag X85, Pretoria, 0001Contact Centre Tel: 012-748 6200. eMail: info.egazette@gpw.gov.zaPublications: Tel: (012) 748 6053, 748 6061, 748 6065