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may involve comparative assessment of applications or the assessment of applications against the eligibility criteria and/or the assessment criteria.
targeted or restricted competitive processes – which are open to a small number of potential grantees based on the specialised requirements of the grant activity under consideration. Applications are assessed against the nominated selection criteria and against the comparative merits of other applications.
third parties refers to any person or entity involved in the grants administration process who is not a minister, accountable authority or official. Third parties include but are not limited to: external committees, ministerial committees, ministerial staff, parliamentarians, sub‑contractors, non-government organisations and corporate Commonwealth entities, where they undertake grants administration processes on behalf of the Government.
[1]  Corporate Commonwealth entities must comply with Division 6A of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014, when a minister is involved in the making of a CCE grant. Corporate Commonwealth entities may be subject to the CGRPs where they administer grants as third parties on behalf of the Government, see paragraph 2.9.
[2]  Government may make further decisions which affect the administration of grants.
[3]  Ministers include Assistant Ministers, consistent with the Ministers of State Act 1952.
[4]  Every Commonwealth entity has an accountable authority. See PGPA Act subsection 12(2), Accountable authorities.
[5]  Proper is defined in the PGPA Act. See section 8, Dictionary.
[6]  This includes centralised grants administration systems and processes.
[7]  A gift of public property is not a grant as described in the CGRPs. See section 66 of the PGPA Act, Gifts of relevant property.
[8]  Relevant money is defined in the PGPA Act. See section 8, Dictionary.
[9]  Other CRF money is defined in the PGPA Act. See section 105, Rules in relation to other CRF money and PGPA Rule section 29 Other CRF money.
[10]  Notional payments are defined in the PGPA Act. See section 76, Notional payments and receipts by non-corporate Commonwealth entities.
[11]  The CPRs provide that, in addition to the acquisition of property or services by a relevant entity for its own use, procurement also encompasses a situation where a relevant entity is responsible for acquiring goods or services for other entities, or for third parties.
[12]  A payment of compensation includes but is not limited to: payments under the Scheme for Compensation for Detriment caused by Defective Administration; payments under section 73 (Payments in special circumstances) of the Public Service Act 1999; payments under the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973; and settlements made in accordance with the Legal Services Directions 2017.
[13]  An investment is an arrangement that involves the purchase of an asset by the Commonwealth for the primary purpose of earning income or a profitable return. Refer to guidance