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PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE AMENDMENT BILL 22 OF 2009

      PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS BILL 2009

                          NOTES ON CLAUSES

Clause 1   Short title.

Clause 2   Provides for the Act to commence on the date of Royal Assent.

Clause 3   Defines the Principal Act as being the Public Works Committee
           Act 1914 .

Clause 4   Amends section 15(1) to remove reference to a public work as being
           characterised as a work funded out of the Loan Fund and replaces
           the characteristic of a public work as one that is proposed to be
           undertaken by a general government sector body.

           This clause also amends section 15(1) to replace the current
           threshold amount of $2 million with the new threshold amount of
           $5 million.

           Inserts new sections 15(3)(a) and 15(3)(b) after section 15(2) to
           provide a definition of what is meant by "general government sector
           body".

Clause 5   Amends section 16(1) to replace the current threshold of $2 million,
           for which any public work exceeding this amount must be referred to
           the Committee, with the new threshold amount of $5 million.

           This clause also amends section 16(2) by removing reference to the
           submission of a proposed public work to Parliament, after referral of
           the proposed public work to the Committee, as this does not occur.
           (In practice, Cabinet approval is given to an agency's budget
           submissions and the Appropriations Bill is then submitted to
           Parliament. Thereafter, an agency submits relevant matters to the
           Committee and once approved by the Committee, advertises for
           contractors to undertake the works).

Clause 6   Amends section 17 to replace the current threshold of $2 million, for
           which the House of Assembly may by resolution direct any public
           work under this amount to be referred to the Committee for scrutiny,
           with the new threshold amount of $5 million.

Clause 7   Inserts a new section to provide that any work currently under
           scrutiny by the Committee still requires its approval, even if the
           amendments to the Act would otherwise cause that work to no
           longer be covered by the Act. That is, a project of a value between
           $2 million and $5 million.

 


 

 


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