Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ACT 1981 No. 20, 1981 - SECT 8

8. Section 18 of the Principal Act is amended -

(a) by omitting from sub-section (3) "a Minister" and substituting "the
Minister for Housing and Construction";

   (b)  by omitting from paragraph 8 (b) "or";

   (c)  by adding at the end of sub-section (8) the following word and
        paragraph:



"or; (d) the work is a work that has been declared, by a notice under
sub-section (8A), to be a repetitive work for the purposes of this
sub-section."; and

   (d)  by inserting after sub-section (8) the following sub-section:



"(8A) The Minister for Housing and Construction may, by notice published in
the Gazette, declare a work to be a repetitive work for the purposes of
sub-section (8) if -

   (a)  he is satisfied that the work is substantially similar to other works
        that have been carried out, are being carried out or are likely to be
        carried out from time to time by or for the Commonwealth, or by or for
        an authority of the Commonwealth to which this Act applies; and

   (b)  the Committee has agreed to the work being so declared.".