New South Wales Consolidated Acts New South Wales Consolidated Acts(cf Act No 206 of 1987, sec 42)
(1) Subject to this section, the Director-General may establish and maintain for the purposes of this Act a list to be known as the unsatisfactory suppliers list.
(2) The Director-General may enter in the unsatisfactory suppliers list the name and other prescribed particulars (if any) of:(a) any supplier who has been the subject of an adverse report made under section 15,(b) any supplier who has failed to comply with the requirements of an order of the Tribunal within the period specified in the order, or(c) any supplier against whom more than the prescribed number of orders has been made under this Act during the period prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph.
(3) The Director-General must not enter the name and other particulars of a supplier in the unsatisfactory suppliers list unless the supplier has first been given an opportunity to show cause as to why the name and particulars of the supplier should not be entered in the list and, having been given such an opportunity, has not shown cause within such period (being not less than 7 days after the opportunity was given) as the Director-General may allow.
(4) The Director-General must remove the name and other prescribed particulars of a supplier from the unsatisfactory suppliers list at the end of the prescribed period, on the happening of a prescribed event or on fulfilment of prescribed conditions.
(5) The Director-General may from time to time publish in such manner as the Director-General thinks fit a copy of the unsatisfactory suppliers list or of any particulars currently entered in the list.
(6) The Director-General has qualified privilege in proceedings for defamation arising out of a publication made in accordance with subsection (5).