State Procurement Regulations 2020 (SA)

South Australia State Procurement Regulations 2020 under the State Procurement Act 2004

Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Interpretation 4 Bodies declared to be prescribed public authorities (section 4 of Act) 5 Exclusions from definition of procurement operations (section 4 of Act) Schedule 1—Prescribed public authorities Schedule 2—Revocation of State Procurement Regulations 2005 Legislative history

1—Short title These regulations may be cited as the State Procurement Regulations 2020. 2—Commencement These regulations come into operation on 1 September 2020. 3—Interpretation In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears— Act means the State Procurement Act 2004. 4—Bodies declared to be prescribed public authorities (section 4 of Act) Each of the bodies specified in Schedule 1 is declared to be a prescribed public authority for the purposes of the Act. 5—Exclusions from definition of procurement operations (section 4 of Act) (1) For the purposes of the definition of procurement operations in section 4 of the Act, the following are excluded from the definition: (a) a prescribed construction project of a cost exceeding $150 000; (b) the provision of funding to a third party by a public authority that, in accordance with Treasurer's instructions, is classified as a grant. (2) A prescribed construction project— (a) is a project that primarily involves the procurement of construction work; and (b) encompasses— (i) the acquisition and installation of fixtures, plant, equipment, appliances and fittings in conjunction with the construction work; and (ii) the acquisition of survey, planning, design and other services in conjunction with the construction work; and (c) does not encompass the acquisition of goods and services for the ongoing maintenance of a building or structure. (3) In this regulation— building work has the same meaning as in the Building Work Contractors Act 1995; construction work means— (a) building work; or (b) the whole or part of the work of excavating or filling of land not constituting building work; Treasurer's instructions means instructions issued by the Treasurer under Part 4 of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1987.