Mineral Resources Act 1989

Subject to section 317ZH(2) and (3), any process the Minister considers appropriate may be used to decide the call, including, for example—

a process appointing a preferred tenderer on the tenders made in response to the call (whether or not involving a cash bid component); or

a process involving short-listing a group of possible preferred tenderers and inviting them to engage in another round of tendering before appointing a preferred tenderer from that group.

Without limiting subsection (1), the Minister may give a tenderer a notice requiring the tenderer to give the Minister, within the reasonable period stated in the notice, information the Minister reasonably requires to assess the tender.