Suspension of procurement
20 Suspension of procurement
If:
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
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:
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;
if the supplier withdraws the complaint—the time when the supplier withdraws the complaint;
if the accountable authority issues a public interest certificate in relation to the procurement—the time when the accountable authority issues the certificate;
if, in proceedings instituted in a court under this Act in relation to the conduct, 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);
the time when the court makes the finding concerned.
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