Local Government (Tendering) Amendment (Threshold Amount) Regulation 2004 (NSW)

2004 No 840

New South Wales

Local Government (Tendering)

Amendment (Threshold Amount)

Regulation 2004

under the

Local Government Act 1993

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Local Government Act 1993.

ANTHONY BERNARD KELLY, M.L.C.,

Minister for Local Government

Explanatory note
Section 55 of the Local Government Act 1993 requires local government councils to invite tenders before entering into certain contracts. However, section 55 (3) provides that this tendering requirement does not apply to a contract involving an estimated expenditure or receipt of an amount of less than $100,000 or such other amount as may be prescribed by the regulations.
The object of this Regulation is to provide that the requirement to invite tenders before entering into the contracts referred to in section 55 does not apply to contracts involving an estimated expenditure or receipt of an amount of less than $150,000 (rather than the $100,000 amount referred to in that section).
This Regulation is made under the Local Government Act 1993, including sections 55 (3) and

748 (the general regulation-making power).

Published in Gazette No 200 of 17 December 2004, page 9350	Page 1
2004 No 840	Local Government (Tendering) Amendment (Threshold Amount) Regulation
Clause 1	2004

Local Government (Tendering) Amendment (Threshold

Amount) Regulation 2004

under the

Local Government Act 1993

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Local Government (Tendering) Amendment
(Threshold Amount) Regulation 2004.

2 Amendment of Local Government (Tendering) Regulation 1999

The Local Government (Tendering) Regulation 1999 is amended by inserting the following in appropriate order in clause 3:

(1A) For the purposes of the final bullet point paragraph of section 55 (3) of the Act, section 55 does not apply to a contract involving an estimated expenditure or receipt of an amount of less than $150,000.

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