17Provision of applicable schedule to tenderers

17 Provision of applicable schedule to tenderers

(1) This section applies to a hirer who undertakes a tender process for the purpose of engaging a contractor.

S. 17(2) amended by No. 33/2019 s. 14(1).

(2) The hirer must not accept a tender from a contractor unless the hirer has given the contractor a copy of the most recently published rates and costs schedule applicable to that contractor and the relevant class of vehicle or motorised equipment at least 3 business days before the tender is lodged.

Penalty: 25 penalty units in the case of a body corporate;

5 penalty units in any other case.

Note to s. 17 substituted as Notes by No. 33/2019 s. 14(2).

Notes

1 See section 26A for the manner of giving a rates and costs schedule to a contractor.

2 Section 60P applies to an offence against subsection (2).

3 A failure to comply with this section may also result in the Tribunal making an order under section 45 regarding payment to the contractor.