Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PREFERENCE TO AUSTRALIAN GOODS (COMMONWEALTH AUTHORITIES) ACT 1980 No. 113, 1980 - SECT 3

3. (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears-



"Commonwealth authority" means an authority or body (including a body
corporate and a corporation sole) established for a public purpose by, or in
accordance with the provisions of, a law of the Commonwealth or of the
Australian Capital Territory, but does not include an inter-governmental body
that is prescribed for the purposes of this definition;



"goods" includes ships, aircraft, vehicles, machinery and equipment;



"inter-governmental body" means a body corporate or an unincorporated body
established by, or in accordance with the provisions of, an agreement between
the Commonwealth and a State or States or be- between the Commonwealth and the
Government of another country or the Governments of other countries;



"list of registered tenderers", in relation to a Commonwealth authority, means
a list maintained by the authority in accordance with section 6;



"procurement", in relation to goods, includes identifying a requirement for
the goods (including preparing any necessary specifications);



"tender price", in relation to goods the subject of a tender or quotation,
means-

   (a)  the duty-paid price of the goods included in the tender or quotation,
        as the case may be, in accordance with section 8; or

   (b)  if there is no such duty-paid price of the goods-the price at which,
        in accordance with the tender or quotation, as the case may be, the
        supplier is willing to supply the goods.

(2) Where a specification of a requirement for goods for a Commonwealth
authority includes related services, this Act applies in relation to those
goods and related services as if a reference in this Act to goods were a
reference to goods and related services.