Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022

Amendment of section 136 of Principal Act

43. Section 136 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) by the substitution of “the whole” for “a whole”,

(ii) by the substitution of “shall invite” for “shall direct the Contract Awards Committee to invite”, and

(iii) by the deletion of “and the Contract Awards Committee shall comply with the direction”,

(b) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2):

“(2) Subject to this Part, the Commission may enter into a multiplex contract with a person who makes an application for such a contract in accordance with this section.”,

and

(c) in subsection (7), by the substitution of “Commission invites” for “Authority directs the Contract Awards Committee to invite”.