Queensland Numbered Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2005 No. 54 - SECT 8

Part 6--

insert--

'(1) From the commencement of this section, the council may, for the 2006-2007 financial year, adopt, by resolution, a procurement plan and an asset disposal plan as if the new contracting provisions had commenced.5

'(2) In this section--

new contracting provisions means part 2, division 12, as the division is to be amended under the Local Government and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2005.

'(1) To remove any doubt, it is declared that the repeal of the old contracting provisions does not, of itself, affect a contractual obligation or right of the council.

'(2) If, immediately before the commencement of the new contracting provisions--

(a) the council had, under the old contracting provisions, invited tenders or sought quotations in relation to a particular procurement activity; and

(b) tenders or quotations had been given or made in response to the invitation or the seeking of quotations; and

(c) the council had not accepted, or decided not to accept, any of the tenders or quotations;

the old contracting provisions continue to apply to the council for the activity as if the new contracting provisions had not been enacted.

'(3) In this section--

new contracting provisions means part 2, division 12, as amended under the Local Government and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2005.

old contracting provisions means part 2, division 12 as in force immediately before the commencement of the amendments to that division under the Local Government and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2005.'.