Government Procurement Act 2001

In this Act:

means the process by which a Territory entity—

acquires goods or services by any means, including purchase, lease or rent (with or without an option to buy), or exchange; or

deals in any legal or equitable estate or interest in land or deals in a right, power or privilege over, or in relation to, land as a sublease or licence over land, or part of land, in which the Territory or the Territory entity is the sublessee or licensee; and

includes the process by which a Territory entity disposes of goods by any means, including sale.

Interest, in relation to land—see the Legislation Act, dictionary, pt 1.

Also, procurement includes a procurement by—

a Territory entity acting solely on behalf of another entity; or

another entity acting solely on behalf of a Territory entity.

However, procurement does not include—

acquiring goods or services for—

resale; or

use in the production of goods for resale; or

an acquisition of goods or services by a Territory entity from another Territory entity; or

a dealing mentioned in subsection (1), definition of procurement, paragraph (a) (ii) between Territory entities; or

a dealing in any legal or equitable estate or interest in land or a dealing in a right, power or privilege over, or in relation to, land other than as mentioned in subsection (1), definition of procurement, paragraph (a) (ii).

A regulation may prescribe that something is, or is not, procurement for this Act.

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