Western Australian Current Acts

PROCUREMENT ACT 2020 - SECT 30

30 .         State agencies to provide Department CEO with information and assistance

        (1)         A State agency must, on request, give the Department CEO any information or assistance the Department CEO requires for the purposes of an investigation or audit under this Part.

        (2)         For the purposes of providing that information or assistance, the Department CEO may require officers of a State agency to attend before the Department CEO (or a delegate of the Department CEO) to answer questions relating to the procurement activities of the State agency.

        (3)         When information is given to the Department CEO, a State agency may —

            (a)         identify information that the State agency considers should not be included in a public report made by the Minister or Department CEO; and

            (b)         request that the identified information not be included in any such report for the reasons set out in the request.

        (4)         The Minister or Department CEO may, but is not required to, comply with a request of the State agency under subsection (3)(b).