Government Procurement (Judicial Review) Act 2018

If a supplier makes a complaint under section 18 to the accountable authority of a relevant Commonwealth entity, the accountable authority must:

investigate the conduct the subject of the complaint; and

prepare a report of the investigation.

The accountable authority may discontinue the investigation if:

the supplier withdraws the complaint; or

the supplier informs the accountable authority that the supplier considers the complaint to be resolved; or

in proceedings instituted in a court under this Act in relation to the conduct the subject of the complaint, the court makes either of the following findings:

that the conduct was in contravention of the relevant Commonwealth Procurement Rules (so far as those rules relate to a covered procurement);

that the conduct was not in contravention of the relevant Commonwealth Procurement Rules (so far as those rules relate to a covered procurement).

If:

proceedings are instituted in a court under this Act in relation to the conduct the subject of the complaint; and

the continuation of the investigation would be likely to result in prejudice to the proper administration of justice;