7.1(1)Any costs, charges and expenses, including money paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by the Auditor General, a former Auditor General, a person employed in the Office of the Auditor General or a former employee of the Office of the Auditor General in respect of any proceeding in which the individual is involved in connection with the powers or duties of the individual under this Act or any other Act may be paid from the funds allocated for the Office of the Auditor General, except costs, charges and expenses that are occasioned by the individual’s own wilful neglect or wilful default.