Audit of accounts of public authorities and bodies administering public funds
5.—(1)  The Auditor-General shall, if it is so provided by any written law, audit the accounts of any public authority and, if it is not so provided by any written law, may with the consent of the Minister if so requested by a public authority or a body administering public funds, audit the accounts of such public authority or body, the fee for such audit in each case being a charge upon the funds of the authority or body concerned.
(2)  For the purposes of subsection (1), the fee shall, unless otherwise determined under the provisions of any other written law, be determined by the Minister.
(3)  Notwithstanding the provisions of any written law relating to the accounts and audit of any public authority, the Minister may, if he is satisfied that the public interest so requires, direct that the accounts of such authority shall be audited by the Auditor-General.
(4)  No fee shall be payable for an audit directed in accordance with subsection (3).