Regulatory Initiative: Regulations amending the government contracts regulations, Forward Regulatory Plan 2017-2019

Issue

The existing Regulations need to be updated to: clarify the scope and modernize the content of the regulations, including a proposed increase to the threshold above which bids for services and construction contracts must be solicited; correct some technical issues; and, as identified by the Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations, address some translation and grammatical issues.

These amendments also provide an opportunity to insert a deemed clause that reduces the risk of corruption and collusion in the bidding process for government contracts for goods, services and construction services.

Description of the regulation

The Regulations would amend or delete a number of sections to clarify and correct the content, and would also deem a new clause that would form part of all government contracts for goods, services or construction contracts.

The power to make these Regulations is section 41 and 42(1) of the Financial Administration Act.

Enabling Act

Financial Administration Act