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Ombudsman Act 1976
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#### 3BA Commonwealth service providers
A person is a Commonwealth service provider of a Department or prescribed authority under a contract (the Commonwealth contract) if:
(a) both of the following apply:
(i) the person, and the Department or prescribed authority or the Commonwealth, are parties to the Commonwealth contract;
(ii) for the purposes of the Commonwealth contract, the person is responsible for providing goods or services, for or on behalf of the Department or prescribed authority, to another person who is not a Department or prescribed authority or the Commonwealth; or
(b) both of the following apply:
(i) the person, and a person who is (under a previous application of this section) a Commonwealth service provider of the Department or prescribed authority under the Commonwealth contract, are parties to another contract (the subcontract);
(ii) under the subcontract and for the purposes of the Commonwealth contract, the person is responsible for providing goods or services, for or on behalf of the Department or prescribed authority, to another person who is not a Department or prescribed authority or the Commonwealth.