66Tender process—expressions of interest—Act,

66 Tender process—expressions of interest—Act, s 295 (1) (d) (1) Before granting a community lease by tender, the territory planning authority must, by public notice, invite community organisations to submit expressions of interest in the grant of the lease.

(2) The territory planning authority must ensure that— (a) a copy of the community lease proposed to be granted (the proposed lease) is available on the authority website; and (b) the public notice includes a statement to that effect. (3) A community organisation’s expression of interest must include a statement addressing the threshold criteria in relation to the tender for the lease. (4) If the territory planning authority receives an expression of interest from a community organisation, the authority must— (a) assess whether the organisation meets the threshold criteria in relation to the tender for the lease; and (b) if 2 or more organisations meet the criteria—rank the organisations by suitability to be granted the lease in accordance with the criteria. (5) The territory planning authority may— (a) decide how many ranked community organisations to invite to tender for the grant of the lease; and (b) invite the organisations, starting with the first ranked organisation, to tender for the grant of the lease.