24Opening outer envelopes

24 Opening outer envelopes

(1) As soon as practicable after the closing date for tenders, the tender manager is to open each outer envelope. (2) The tender manager must ensure, if AFMA has appointed a probity auditor for the tender process, that the auditor and the tender manager are present at the opening of the outer envelopes. (3) The following procedure must then be carried out: (a) for each outer envelope, the tender manager is to open the registration envelope inside it and record: (i) the name of the person who submitted the enclosed registration application; and (ii) whether a tender envelope was submitted with the application; and (iii) whether any other conditions of the tender in relation to the contents of, or markings on, the outer envelope have been complied with; (b) the tender manager must not open any tender envelope, but is to nominate a place where the tender envelopes will be kept until they are opened under section 27; (c) the tender manager is to keep the original registration applications or, if the tender manager is not AFMA, give the applications to AFMA; (d) AFMA: (i) is to assess the registration applications under section 26 of the Act to determine each applicant’s eligibility for the grant of fishing rights in accordance with the conditions for registration in the Act and the plan of management for the fishery concerned; and (ii) if the tender manager is not AFMA—is then to give the tender manager a list of the eligible persons.