Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Australian Bicentennial Road Development Trust Fund Amendment Act 1984 No. 35 of 1984 - SECT 5

5. Section 23 of the Principal Act is amended-
(a) by inserting in paragraph (a) "a" before "bicentennial";
(b) by omitting from paragraph (a) "works by way of";
(c) by omitting from paragraph (a) "those works" and substituting "particular
works involved in the activities referred to in sub-paragraph (i) or (ii),
other than exempt works of the State,"; and

   (d)  by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:



"(2) In this section, 'exempt works', in relation to a State, means works that
the State has satisfied the Minister are works the whole of which-

   (a)  are urgently required by reason of an emergency;

   (b)  are of such a minor nature that the invitation of tenders for those
        works would involve undue additional cost;

   (c)  are of a kind for which it is not practicable to prepare adequate
        tender specifications; or

   (d)  are of a kind for which competitive tenders are unlikely to be
        received.".