Constitution Act 1975
56Reference to certain contracts in last two preceding sections
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56 Reference to certain contracts in last two preceding sections
(1) Any reference in the last two preceding sections to any bargain or contract entered into by or on behalf of Her Majesty in right of the State of Victoria shall subject to subsection (2) be deemed to include a reference to—
(a) any contract entered into by any Government department or by any Minister of the Crown in his capacity as such; and
(b) (without affecting the generality of the last preceding paragraph) any contract entered into by any public statutory body.
(2) It is hereby declared that any such reference in the said sections does not extend to—
(a) the supply or provision by Her Majesty (including any department Minister or body referred to in subsection (1)) of goods chattels or services where such goods chattels or services are supplied or provided to a member of the Council or the Assembly on no better terms than they are supplied or provided to persons other than members who are in similar circumstances or who are otherwise similarly qualified or eligible;
(b) any contract or agreement the benefit or burden of which or any interest in which devolves upon a member of the Council or the Assembly as beneficiary under a will or as a person entitled to share in the estate of an intestate or as executor administrator or trustee, until twelve months after such devolution;
(c) any isolated casual sale or supply of goods chattels or services to Her Majesty (including any department Minister or body referred to in subsection (1)) where at the time of such sale or supply the member of the Council or the Assembly concerned did not know and could not reasonably have known that such sale or supply was a sale or supply to Her Majesty (or to a department Minister or body referred to in subsection (1)); or
(d) any compromise in respect of any compensation or other money payable by Her Majesty (including any department Minister or body referred to in subsection (1)).
No. 6224 s. 26.