Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2005
Part 2: Statement of responsibility and audit report
Statement of responsibility
In terms of sections 35 and 37 of the Public Finance Act 1989 (these section references apply as if those sections had not been amended by the Public Finance Amendment Act 2004 (PFAA)), in accordance with the transitional provisions in section 33 of the PFAA, I am responsible, as Chief Executive of the Ministry of Defence, for the preparation of the Ministry's financial statements and the judgements made in the process of producing those statements.
I have the responsibility of establishing and maintaining, and I have established and maintained, a system of internal control procedures that provide reasonable assurance as to the integrity and reliability of financial reporting.
In my opinion, these financial statements fairly reflect the financial position and operations of the Ministry for the year ended 30 June 2005.
Signed by:
Graham Fortune
Secretary of Defence
30 September 2005
Countersigned by:
S J Patterson
Assistant Secretary of Defence (Finance)
30 September 2005
