Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN JOBS ACT 2013 - SECT 13

  (1)   For the purposes of this Act, the trigger date for a project means:

  (a)   if a trigger event for the project happens during the interim period--the first or only day during the interim period on which a trigger event for the project happens; or

  (b)   if the earliest trigger event for the project happens on a day after the interim period--that day; or

  (c)   if the Authority, by written notice given to the project proponent for the project, specifies another day--that other day.

Note 1:   For trigger event , see subsection   (4).

Note 2:   For interim period , see subsection   (5).

  (2)   The Authority may specify a day under paragraph   (1)(c):

  (a)   on the Authority's own initiative; or

  (b)   on application made to the Authority by the project proponent for the project.

  (3)   A day specified under paragraph   (1)(c) must not be earlier than 120 days after the notice is given.

Trigger event

  (4)   For the purposes of this section, each of the following is a trigger event for a project:

  (a)   block diagrams for the project are developed;

  (b)   process flow diagrams for the project are developed;

  (c)   a project proponent enters into a contract with another person under which the other person becomes a procurement entity in relation to the project;

  (d)   a request for bids for the supply of key goods or services for the project is made;

  (e)   technical specifications for the project are prepared;

  (f)   a project proponent determines which standard or standards will apply to any of the key goods or services that are to be acquired for the project;

  (g)   an equipment list for the project is prepared;

  (h)   a project proponent first contacts a supplier with a request for pricing details for any of the key goods or services for the project;

  (i)   a construction and contracting methodology for the project is developed;

  (j)   an environmental submission is made in relation to the project;

  (k)   a detailed schedule for the project is prepared;

  (l)   a high - level scoping of the goods and services for the project is conducted.

Interim period

  (5)   For the purposes of this section, the interim period means the period:

  (a)   beginning immediately after the end of the 90th day after the commencement of this section; and

  (b)   ending 2 years after the commencement of this section.