Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C00357:clause:3_246
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C00357
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 3 cl 246
Character Range: 140459–141540

246  Heading
After section 8 of the Principal Act the following heading is inserted:

       Part IV—Preference to goods of Australian origin or having Australian content

247
Before section 9 of the Principal Act the following sections are inserted:

       8A  Interpretation

  Where a specification of a requirement for goods for a Commonwealth authority includes related services, this Part applies in relation to those goods and related services as if a reference in this Part to goods were a reference to goods and related services.

       8B  Specification of requirement

 (1) A Commonwealth authority, in preparing a specification of a requirement for goods for the authority, shall ensure that the specification is not drawn up so as to exclude goods of Australian origin or goods having an Australian content, being, in either case, goods that are suitable, or reasonably capable of being adapted, for meeting that requirement.

 (2) The Minister may, by instrument in writing, issue guidelines to assist Commonwealth authorities to comply with subsection (1).