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Mineral Resources Act 1989
sec.317ZGProcess for deciding tenders
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### sec.317ZG Process for deciding tenders
Subject to section 317ZH (2) and (3) , any process the Minister considers appropriate may be used to decide the call, including, for example—
a process appointing a preferred tenderer on the tenders made in response to the call (whether or not involving a cash bid component); or
a process involving short-listing a group of possible preferred tenderers and inviting them to engage in another round of tendering before appointing a preferred tenderer from that group.
Without limiting subsection (1) , the Minister may give a tenderer a notice requiring the tenderer to give the Minister, within the reasonable period stated in the notice, information the Minister reasonably requires to assess the tender.
s 317ZG ins 2020 No. 14 s 142
(sec.317ZG-ssec.1) Subject to section 317ZH (2) and (3) , any process the Minister considers appropriate may be used to decide the call, including, for example— a process appointing a preferred tenderer on the tenders made in response to the call (whether or not involving a cash bid component); or a process involving short-listing a group of possible preferred tenderers and inviting them to engage in another round of tendering before appointing a preferred tenderer from that group.
(sec.317ZG-ssec.2) Without limiting subsection (1) , the Minister may give a tenderer a notice requiring the tenderer to give the Minister, within the reasonable period stated in the notice, information the Minister reasonably requires to assess the tender.
- (a) a process appointing a preferred tenderer on the tenders made in response to the call (whether or not involving a cash bid component); or
- (b) a process involving short-listing a group of possible preferred tenderers and inviting them to engage in another round of tendering before appointing a preferred tenderer from that group.