20Suspension of procurement

20 Suspension of procurement

If: (a) a supplier makes a complaint under section 18 to the accountable authority of a relevant Commonwealth entity about conduct in relation to a procurement; and (b) when the complaint is made, no public interest certificate is in force in relation to the procurement; the accountable authority must suspend the procurement until the earliest of the following times: (c) if the supplier informs the accountable authority that the supplier considers the complaint to be resolved—the time when the supplier so informs the accountable authority; (d) if the supplier withdraws the complaint—the time when the supplier withdraws the complaint; (e) if the accountable authority issues a public interest certificate in relation to the procurement—the time when the accountable authority issues the certificate; (f) if, in proceedings instituted in a court under this Act in relation to the conduct, the court makes either of the following findings: (i) that the conduct was in contravention of the relevant Commonwealth Procurement Rules (so far as those rules relate to a covered procurement); (ii) that the conduct was not in contravention of the relevant Commonwealth Procurement Rules (so far as those rules relate to a covered procurement); the time when the court makes the finding concerned.