Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PREFERENCE TO AUSTRALIAN GOODS (COMMONWEALTH AUTHORITIES) ACT 1980 No. 113, 1980 - SECT 11

11. (1) Where-

   (a)  a Commonwealth authority invites tenders for the supply of goods; and

   (b)  the estimated cost of the goods exceeds such amount as is prescribed,
        the Commonwealth authority shall require that there be set out in the
        tender the Australian content of the goods.

(2) Subject to sub-section (1), where a Commonwealth authority requests
tenders or representative quotations for the supply of goods, the Commonwealth
authority shall, at its option-

   (a)  require that there be set out in the tender or quotation the
        Australian content of the goods; or

   (b)  require that there be set out in the tender or quotation the origin of
        the goods.

(3) The Commonwealth authority concerned may, by notice in writing served on a
person who has furnished a tender or quotation to the authority, require that
person to furnish to the authority, within a period specified in the notice,
such further information (including copies or summaries of relevant books or
accounts or other documents) as is specified in the notice, being information
with respect to the Australian content, or the origin, of goods that is set
out in the tender or quotation, and, if that notice is not complied with, the
tender or quotation may be excluded from further consideration.

(4) The Minister may direct a Commonwealth authority to exercise its power
under sub-section (3) in a particular case.