Victorian Consolidated Regulations Victorian Consolidated Regulations(1) For the purposes of section 97E of the Act, it is a prescribed advertising requirement that media placements must be purchased under a relevant State purchase contract for media services.
(2) Despite subregulation (1), a public sector body may advertise or cause to be advertised a public sector communication under a contract other than a State purchase contract in the following circumstances—
(a) the public sector body is purchasing or causing to be purchased a form of media placement that is outside the scope of the relevant State purchase contract; or
(b) the public sector body is purchasing or causing to be purchased a form of media placement that is available as an optional or ancillary service within the relevant State purchase contract; or
(c) no relevant State purchase contract is in place; or
(d) the public sector body is exempt from advertising the public sector communication under the relevant State purchase contract in accordance with regulation 11.