Western Australian Consolidated Acts

COURT SECURITY AND CUSTODIAL SERVICES ACT 1999 - SECT 60

60 .         CEO may terminate or suspend contracts

        (1)         The CEO, with the Minister’s approval, may on behalf of the State terminate or suspend a contract (wholly or partially) if, in the opinion of the CEO —

            (a)         there are grounds for doing so under subsection (2); and

            (b)         the termination or suspension of the contract is in the public interest.

        (2)         The grounds for terminating or suspending a contract are that —

            (a)         the contractor becomes insolvent within the meaning of the contract;

            (b)         the identity of the persons who control, manage or own the contractor or a subcontractor changes during the term of the contract without the consent of the CEO;

            (c)         the contractor has committed a material breach of the contract that is not capable of being remedied;

            (d)         the contractor has failed to rectify a breach of the contract within the time specified in the contract after the issue of a default notice; or

            (e)         the CEO gives the contractor written notice to the effect that the contract will be terminated or suspended 3 days after the day on which the contractor receives the notice or at such later time as is specified in the notice.