Government Procurement (Financial Integrity) Amendment Act 2017 (ACT)

Government Procurement (Financial Integrity) Amendment Act 2017

A2017-40

An Act to amend the Government Procurement Act 2001

The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:

1. Name of Act

   This Act is the Government Procurement (Financial Integrity) Amendment Act 2017.

2. Commencement

   This Act commences on 1 July 2018.

   NoteThe naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).

3. Legislation amended

   This Act amends the Government Procurement Act 2001.

4. Section 42A

   substitute

42AWhat is a notifiable invoice?—pt 3A

(1)For this part, a notifiable invoice is an invoice for the prescribed amount or more, payable by a responsible Territory entity for goods, services, works or property provided to, or procured by, the Territory or a Territory entity.

(2)A notifiable invoice includes an invoice for reimbursement by the Territory or a Territory entity of the cost for goods, services, works or property provided to, or procured by, a contractor in the course of carrying out the contractor’s work for the Territory or a Territory entity.

Example

the cost of flights to Canberra, and accommodation in Canberra, for the contractor to inspect works

NoteAn example is part of the Act, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act, s 126 and s 132).

(3)However, a notifiable invoice does not include—

(a)an invoice for goods, services, works or property provided by the Territory or a Territory entity; or

(b)an invoice for the grant of a licence or lease of land, or the sale of a lease of land, by the Territory; or

(c)an invoice prescribed by regulation.

Endnotes

1. Presentation speech

   Presentation speech made in the Legislative Assembly on 20 September 2017.

2. Notification

   Notified under the Legislation Act on 13 November 2017.

3. Republications of amended laws

   For the latest republication of amended laws, see certify that the above is a true copy of the Government Procurement (Financial Integrity) Amendment Bill 2017, which was passed by the Legislative Assembly on 1 November 2017.

   Acting Clerk of the Legislative Assembly

   © Australian Capital Territory 2017