Public Audit Act 2001
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The Public Audit Act 2001 is New Zealand legislation that defines the powers, functions, and independence of the Controller and Auditor-General in overseeing public sector financial management and accountability.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Public Audit Act 2001 canonical | 3 |
| Public Audit Act 2001 (New Zealand) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11006537 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Public Audit Act 2001 Context triple: [Controller and Auditor-General of New Zealand, legalBasis, Public Audit Act 2001]
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A.
Public Audit Act 2015
The Public Audit Act 2015 is a Kenyan law that establishes the mandate, powers, and operational framework of the Auditor-General to ensure transparency and accountability in the use of public funds.
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B.
Audit Commission Act 1998
The Audit Commission Act 1998 is a UK statute that established the framework for auditing local government and certain public bodies, defining the powers and duties of the Audit Commission and auditors.
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C.
National Audit Act 1983
The National Audit Act 1983 is a UK law that reformed public sector financial oversight by strengthening the independence and powers of the Comptroller and Auditor General and the National Audit Office.
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D.
Freedom of Information Act 2000
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 is a UK law that grants the public a general right of access to information held by public authorities, subject to certain exemptions.
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E.
Public Finance Management Act 2012
The Public Finance Management Act 2012 is a Kenyan law that establishes the principles, structures, and procedures for managing public funds and overseeing national and county government finances.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Public Audit Act 2001 Target entity description: The Public Audit Act 2001 is New Zealand legislation that defines the powers, functions, and independence of the Controller and Auditor-General in overseeing public sector financial management and accountability.
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A.
Public Audit Act 2015
The Public Audit Act 2015 is a Kenyan law that establishes the mandate, powers, and operational framework of the Auditor-General to ensure transparency and accountability in the use of public funds.
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B.
Audit Commission Act 1998
The Audit Commission Act 1998 is a UK statute that established the framework for auditing local government and certain public bodies, defining the powers and duties of the Audit Commission and auditors.
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C.
National Audit Act 1983
The National Audit Act 1983 is a UK law that reformed public sector financial oversight by strengthening the independence and powers of the Comptroller and Auditor General and the National Audit Office.
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D.
Freedom of Information Act 2000
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 is a UK law that grants the public a general right of access to information held by public authorities, subject to certain exemptions.
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E.
Public Finance Management Act 2012
The Public Finance Management Act 2012 is a Kenyan law that establishes the principles, structures, and procedures for managing public funds and overseeing national and county government finances.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Act of Parliament
ⓘ
New Zealand statute ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
promote transparency in use of public funds
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protect independence of public audit ⓘ strengthen accountability of public entities ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Crown entities
ⓘ
linked to:
Crown entity
central government entities ⓘ local authorities ⓘ public organisations using public funds ⓘ |
| concerns |
public sector accountability
ⓘ
public sector financial management ⓘ |
| country | New Zealand ⓘ |
| definesFunctionsOf | Controller and Auditor-General ⓘ |
| definesPowersOf | Controller and Auditor-General ⓘ |
| enforcedBy |
Controller and Auditor-General
ⓘ
Office of the Auditor-General ⓘ |
| ensuresIndependenceOf | Controller and Auditor-General ⓘ |
| establishesRoleOf |
Auditor-General
ⓘ
Deputy Controller and Auditor-General ⓘ |
| governs | Office of the Auditor-General ⓘ |
| grantsPowerTo |
Controller and Auditor-General
ⓘ
Deputy Controller and Auditor-General ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
to provide for the audit of public sector entities in New Zealand
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to safeguard the independence of the Auditor-General ⓘ to set out the functions and powers of the Auditor-General ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | New Zealand ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalArea |
administrative law
ⓘ
financial law ⓘ public law ⓘ |
| oversightOf |
integrity of public sector financial reporting
ⓘ
use of public resources ⓘ |
| providesFor |
appointment of the Auditor-General
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removal of the Auditor-General ⓘ tenure of the Auditor-General ⓘ |
| regulates | public sector auditing ⓘ |
| regulatesActivity |
audit of public sector financial statements
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inquiries into public sector activities ⓘ performance audits ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Local Government Act 2002
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Public Finance Act 1989 ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| shortTitle | Public Audit Act 2001 ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
financial reporting
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public audit ⓘ public finance oversight ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Public Audit Act 2001 Description of subject: The Public Audit Act 2001 is New Zealand legislation that defines the powers, functions, and independence of the Controller and Auditor-General in overseeing public sector financial management and accountability.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.