(1)  The Auditor-General may carry out any audit that the Treasurer requests the Auditor-General to carry out.

(2)  Without limiting subsection (1) , where a grant or advance of money is made by the Government to a person for specific purposes, the Treasurer may request the Auditor-General to audit the accounts of that person to ascertain whether the money granted or advanced has been expended in accordance with the purposes of the grant or advance.