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The report published below has to be read together with the Report of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament on the Controller and Chief Auditor's Report for the period 1 July 1997 to 30 June 1999 to get a full evaluation of the findings and recomendations.Therefore the Report of the Public Accounts Committee will be published here when it is tabled in Parliament.

THE 2001 CONTROLLER AND CHIEF AUDITOR’S

REPORT TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

FOR THE PERIOD 1 JULY 1997

TO 30 JUNE 1999

 

 

 

 

PAGE NUMBERS in hardcopy

INDEX

SECTION

 

 

 

 

Introduction and Public Accounts   

1-10

1

 

 

The Audit Office

4-7

1-5

 

Article 97 Constitution of Samoa

4

1-2

 

Organisational Structure

5

2-3

 

Status of Audit work

6

3-4

 

Surprise Audit Cash Counts

7

4-5

 

 

Public Accounts –

8

 

5-10

 

 

 

Departmental Audits Part A

  • Agriculture Department, 1993 to 1998
  • Customs Department – 1 July 1992 to 30 June 1999
  • Education Department
  • Foreign Affairs - Overseas Missions
  • Health Department – 1992 to 1999
  • Justice Department – 1 July 1994 to 30 June 1998

 

10

 

10-32

 

¨     Agriculture, Forests, Fisheries & Meteorology

10.1

10-12

 

§       Forestry Division

10.1(a)

10

 

§       Livestock

10.1(b)

10

 

§       Fisheries Division

10.1(c)

11

 

§       Research Extension Division

10.1(d)

11-12

 

 

¨     Broadcasting Department

10.2

12-13

 

§       Non compliance with Requirement of

Section 41 of Public Moneys Act

 

10.2(a)

 

12

 

§       Credit Services System

10.2(b)

12-13

 

§       Fixed Assets and Others

10.2(c)

13

 

 

¨     Customs Department

10.3

13-14

 

§       Collector of Customs Deposit Account

10.3(a)

13

 

§       Deferred Duties

10.3(b)

13

 

§       Record Keeping

10.3(c)

14

 

§       Sub-Receivers

10.3(d)

14

 

           

¨     Education Department

10.4

14-16

§       Trust Funds

10.4(a)

14-15

§       Recommendations

10.4(b)

15-16

§       Other Matters

10.4(c)

16

 

¨     Foreign Affairs – Overseas Missions

10.5

16-20

§       Consul General Office, Auckland

10.5.1(a-c)

16-17

§       Embassy in Brussels

10.5.2(a-c)

17

§       Office in Canberra

10.5.3(a-d)

17-18

§       Samoa Mission to the United Nations

10.5.4(a-c)

18-19

§       High Commission, Welllington

10.5.5(a-b)

19-20

 

 

 

¨     Health Department

10.6

20-23

 

§       General

10.6(a)

20

 

§       Special Bank Accounts

10.6(b)

20

 

§       Chargeable Services and Goods

10.6(c)

20-21

 

§       Transport Pool

10.6(d)

21

 

§       Fixed Assets

10.6(e)

21-22

 

§       Inpatient Debtors

10.6(f)

22

 

§       District Hospitals and Health Centres

10.6(g)

22-23

 

 

¨     Justice Department

10.7

23-24

 

§       Trust Account

10.7(a)

23

 

§       Warrants

10.7(b)

23-24

 

§       Companies

Departmental Audits Part B

  • Labour Department – 1 July 1993 to 30 June 1997
  • Post and Telecommunications Department
  • Statistics Department – 1 July 1993 to 30 June 1997
  • Treasury Department

 

10.7(c)

24

 

 

¨     Labour Department

10.8

24

 

§       Overseas Telephone Calls

10.8(a)

24

 

§       Casual Workers

10.8(b)

24

 

 

¨     Post and Telecommunications Department

10.9

25-26

 

§       Audited Accounts

10.9(a)

25

 

§       General

10.9(b)

25-26

 

 

¨     Prime Minister’s Department

10.10

26-29

 

§       Budget Revenues

10.10(a)

26-27

 

§       Passports

10.10(b)

27-29

 

 

¨     Statistics Department

10.11

29-30

 

§       Accounting Records Keeping

10.11(a)

29-30

 

§       UNDP Aid Survey on Household

             Income and Expenditure

10.11(b)

30

 

           

 

 

 

¨     Treasury Department

10.12

30-32

§       The Samoa House Management

10.12.1(a)

30

§       Financial Accounts

10.12.1(b)

30-31

§       Lease Agreements

10.12.1(c)

31

§       Trust Account

10.12.1(d)

31

§       Properties

10.12.1(e)

31

§       The Samoa Consulate at Remuera

10.12.2

31

§       Comments

10.12.3(a-b)

31-32

 

 

 

Statutory Corporations Audits Part A

11

32-49

¨     Accident Compensation Board

11.1

32

¨     Agriculture Store Corporation

11.2

33

¨     Apia Park and Sports Facilities Board

11.3

33-34

¨     The Betting (Totalisator) Agency Board

11.4

34-35

¨     Development Bank of Samoa

11.5

35-36

¨     Electric Power Corporation

11.6

36-37

¨     Housing

11.7

37-38

¨     National Provident Fund

11.8

38-39

¨     National University of Samoa

11.9

39

Statutory Corporations Audits Part B    

¨     Public Trust Office

11.10

40-41

¨     Samoa Airport Authority

11.11

41-42

¨     Samoa Life Assurance Corporation

11.12

42-43

¨     Samoa Polytechnic

11.13

43

¨     Special Projects Development Corporation

11.14

44

¨     Samoa Trust Estates Corporation

11.15

44

¨     Samoa Water Authority

11.16

45-47

¨     Televise Samoa Corporation

11.17

47-49

Irregularities from Audits

 

50-75