Australian Capital Territory
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.
Note	The 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
42A	What 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
Note	An 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 www.legislation.act.gov.au.

I 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

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