Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2021C00406:section:20
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2021C00406
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 20
Character Range: 21490–22852

20  Suspension of procurement
  If:
 (a) a supplier makes a complaint under section 18 to the accountable authority of a relevant Commonwealth entity about conduct in relation to a procurement; and
 (b) when the complaint is made, no public interest certificate is in force in relation to the procurement;
the accountable authority must suspend the procurement until the earliest of the following times:
 (c) if the supplier informs the accountable authority that the supplier considers the complaint to be resolved—the time when the supplier so informs the accountable authority;
 (d) if the supplier withdraws the complaint—the time when the supplier withdraws the complaint;
 (e) if the accountable authority issues a public interest certificate in relation to the procurement—the time when the accountable authority issues the certificate;
 (f) if, in proceedings instituted in a court under this Act in relation to the conduct, the court makes either of the following findings:
 (i) that the conduct was in contravention of the relevant Commonwealth Procurement Rules (so far as those rules relate to a covered procurement);
 (ii) that the conduct was not in contravention of the relevant Commonwealth Procurement Rules (so far as those rules relate to a covered procurement);
  the time when the court makes the finding concerned.

Part 5—Miscellaneous