Later, subsequent to the approval of the Southern Provincial Council Appropriation Statute in 2005, the Internal Audit Unit is considered as a Department of the Southern Provincial Council and carries out activities such as, allocation of financial provisions, release of imprest, keeping accounts, reporting, presentation of appropriation account and financial statements under expenditure head 323 as a department having an expenditure head of the Provincial Treasury.
The Internal Audit Department has been classified as a grade A Department of the Southern Provincial Council with effect from 01/01/2008 in accordance with the Gazette No. 1567 of September 12, 2008 of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and incorporated and published in the Gazette.
It is set out in Provincial financial regulations that there shall be an internal audit department under the Chief Secretary which shall assist the Chief Secretary to provide an efficient and productive service through good governance under Provincial financial rule 79.4.
Action is being taken from year 2005 to appoint the Internal Audit Director as a head of a grade- A Department being an accounting officer of the Provincial Council.
In addition to the Head office, from 2013, district internal audit offices operate in Matara and Hambantota districts with the aim of making the internal audit activities of all intuitions of the Southern provincial council efficient, and approved cadre of the department is 70.
To receive a clear opinion from the National Audit Department for the financial statements for the year 2019 prepared and submitted by the Department of Internal Audit. To Recruit an Officer in the Accounting Service for the post of Internal Auditor which was vacant in the year 2019. To prepare a new service minute and recruitment procedure for internal audit service and get such service minute and recruitment procedure approved and to recruit new internal audit officers for offices in Galle, Matara and Hambantota in accordance with that recruitment procedure. To point out following arrears revenue by the Department of internal audit and encourage to recover such arrears revenue