Compliance with legislation The NTAGO complied with the provisions of the Information Act throughout the year insofar as that Act affected the Office. Section 49A of the Act exempts the Office from requests for information obtained or created as a result of an audit. Information held by the NTAGO is mainly derived from the conduct of audits and this information is specifically exempted from this disclosure requirement of the Information Act. However, two requests, lodged under the provisions of the Act, were received by the Office during 2011/12. As neither request involved the provision of information connected with the conduct of the audits the requests were complied with. Employment Instructions issued pursuant to the Public Sector Employment and Management Act provides direction to agencies on human resource management matters. The NTAGO’s performance against each instruction is outlined below.
Compliance with legislation The NTAGO complied with the provisions of the Information Act throughout the year insofar as that Act affected the Office. Section 49A of the Act exempts the Office from requests for information obtained or created as a result of an audit. Information held by the NTAGO is mainly derived from the conduct of audits and this information is specifically exempted from this disclosure requirement of the Information Act. However, two requests, lodged under the provisions of the Act, were received by the Office during 2011/12. As neither request involved the provision of information connected with the conduct of the audits the requests were complied with. Employment Instructions issued pursuant to the Public Sector Employment and Management Act provides direction to agencies on human resource management matters. The NTAGO’s performance against each instruction is outlined below.
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