Local Government (Functions and General) Regulations 1996

A policy cannot be adopted by a local government until at least 4 weeks after the publication of the Statewide notice of the proposed policy.

An adopted policy must state —

the region or regions within which each aspect of it is to be applied; and

the types and nature of businesses that may be considered for each type of preference; and

whether the policy applies to —

different regions in respect of different parts of the contract, or the various contracts, comprising the basis of the tender;

different goods or services within a single contract or various contracts;

different price preferences in respect of the different goods or services, or the different regions, that are the subject of a tender or tenders,

An adopted policy cannot be applied until the local government gives Statewide notice that it has adopted that policy.

The local government is to ensure that a copy of an adopted regional price preference policy is —

included with any specifications for tenders to which the policy applies; and

published on the local government’s official website.