Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1980 No. 92 FINANCE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENTS) - REG 3

3. Regulation 46 of the Finance Regulations is repealed and the following
regulations are substituted: Requisitions for supplies

"46. (1) Subject to sub-regulation (3), where supplies are required by a
Department for the proper conduct of the public service, a Requisition for
those supplies shall be prepared by an officer of the Department-

   (a)  in the case of supplies that are to be obtained from or through the
        Department of Housing and Construction and the appropriation for which
        is under the control of that Department-in accordance with a form
        approved by the Minister of State for Housing and Construction; or

   (b)  in the case of any other supplies-in accordance with Form 11.



"(2) A Requisition for supplies-

   (a)  shall contain a description of the supplies, stating, where
        appropriate, the quantity of the supplies;

   (b)  shall-

        (i)    in the case of supplies that are to be executed, furnished or
               performed under an existing contract-identify the contract and
               specify the contract price;

        (ii)   in the case of supplies that are to be executed, furnished or
               performed in accordance with a quotation obtained in relation
               to the supplies-identify the quotation and specify the price
               quoted on the quotation; or

        (iii)  in the case of any other supplies-specify the estimated cost of
               the supplies; and

   (c)  in the case of a Requisition for supplies of a kind referred to in
        paragraph (1) (a)-

        (i)    shall contain a request to execute, furnish or perform the
               supplies addressed to the Department of Housing and
               Construction and signed by the Minister of State administering
               the Department requiring the supplies or by an officer
               appointed by that Minister for the purpose; and

        (ii)   shall be forwarded to the Department of Housing and
               Construction.



"(3) Sub-regulation (1) does not apply in relation to supplies of a kind in
respect of which the Secretary or an officer authorized by him for that
purpose has determined in writing that the issue of a Requisition is not
required.



"(4) In sub-regulation (2), a reference, in relation to a Department, to the
Minister of State administering the Department shall, where the Department is
a Department of the Parliament, be read as a reference to-

   (a)  in the case of the Department of the Senate-the President of the
        Senate;

   (b)  in the case of the Department of the House of Representatives-the
        Speaker of the House of Representatives; or

   (c)  in any other case-both the President of the Senate and the Speaker of
        the House of Representatives.

Supplies obtainable under existing contract

"46A. Where supplies that are required by a Department can be executed,
furnished or performed under an existing contract between the Commonwealth and
a supplier or, where 2 or more such contracts exist, under 2 or more of those
contracts, those supplies shall not be obtained otherwise than under that
contract or one or more of those contracts.".