Imposition of Duties (Dumping and Subsidies) Act, 1968
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Investigation of tenders for public contracts. |
16.—Whenever the Minister is of opinion that a price or prices quoted in a tender by any person for a contract between the person and a Minister of State, the Commissioners of Public Works, the Irish Land Commission or a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act, 1941 , is such that if the contract were made and embodied the terms of the tender, goods would, in the course of or for the purpose of carrying out the terms of the contract, be dumped, the Minister may, after consultation with any other Minister of State concerned, request the Commission to investigate the matter and thereupon the Commission shall carry out an investigation with a view to ascertaining whether, if the contract aforesaid were made and embodied the terms aforesaid, the goods would, in the course of or for the purpose of carrying out the terms of the contract, be dumped and shall make a report to the Minister of the result of its investigation. |