EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Public Works Committee Act 1969
Public Works Committee Regulations (Amendment)
Statutory Rules 1982 No. 196
(Issued under the authority of the Minister for Administrative Services, the Hon. Kevin Newman, M.P.)
The Public Works Committee Act 1969 provides that an authority which is engaging in trading activities in competition with another body or bodies, or with persons, may be exempted from the Act. The Pipeline Authority is engaging in such activities and the statutory rules exempt it from the Public Works Committee Act.