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Revocation of the Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines - December 2008 (01/06/2012)

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This document formally cancels (revokes) the Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines issued in October 2008.

What this does:

The Finance Minister used her powers under the Financial Management and Accountability Regulations to scrap the old rules about how government agencies buy goods and services
The 2008 Procurement Guidelines are no longer legally binding on Commonwealth agencies as of 1 July 2012
Government departments must stop following the 2008 rules and instead comply with whatever new procurement framework has replaced them

Who is affected:

Commonwealth government agencies and departments that were required to follow the 2008 Procurement Guidelines
Businesses and suppliers who sell to the Australian Government, as the purchasing rules have changed

Legal basis:

Made under the Financial Management and Accountability Regulations 1997 and the Acts Interpretation Act 1901

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Revocation of the Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines

Financial Management and Accountability Regulations 1997

I, Penelope Ying Yen Wong, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, pursuant to regulation 7 of the Financial Management and Accountability Regulations 1997 and subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, revoke the Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines made on 10 October 2008 issued under regulation 7 of the Financial Management and Accountability Regulations 1997.

This revocation takes effect on 1 July 2012.

Dated 1 June 2012

PENELOPE YING YEN WONG Minister for Finance and Deregulation

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