Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The chief
executive officer, with the Minister’s approval, may on behalf of the
State terminate or suspend (wholly or partially) a contract if, in the opinion
of the chief executive officer —
(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 chief executive officer;
(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
chief executive officer 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.
[Section 15X inserted by No. 43 of 1999
s. 7.]