Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ACT 1996 - SECT 129

    (1)     This section applies if—

        (a)     a public sector entity requires services or works; and

        (b)     if a regulation prescribes an amount for this paragraph—the likely cost of the services or works is equal to or greater than the amount.

    (2)     However, this section does not apply to services or works provided by the Commonwealth or a State, or an entity of the Commonwealth or a State.

Example

services or works provided by the entity known as the Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman (see Ombudsman Act 1976

(Cwlth), s 4A)

Note     State includes the Northern Territory (see Legislation Act

, dict, pt 1).

    (3)     The public sector entity must evaluate whether the required services or works should be provided by a public sector entity or an external provider in accordance with the insourcing framework.

    (4)     In this section:

"insourcing framework"—see section 128 (1).