REPUBLIC OF KIRIBATI
(No.6  of 2016)
I assent,

Beretitenti
2016
AN ACT TO AMEND THE PROCUREMENT ACT 2002
Commencement:
2016
MADE by the Maneaba ni Maungatabu and assented to by the Beretitenti
Short title
1.	This Act may be cited as the Procurement (Amendment) Act 2016.
Interpretation
2.	In this Act "the Principal Act" means the Procurement Act 2002 as in force prior to this enactment

Amendment of section 52

3.	Section 52 of the Principal Act is amended by adding subsection (3) as follows: -

“(3). Any person who claims that the procurement entity has acted in contravention of this to the detriment of the public interest may seek judicial review under section 56.”         

Explanatory Memorandum

The Main object of the Act is to provide for a legal avenue to enable any person to apply for judicial review of any action or omission of the procurement entity which is not in compliance with the provisions of the Procurement Act 2002

Teburoro Tito MP
( Member for South Tarawa)
26th March 2016 

	CERTIFICATE OF THE CLERK OF THE MANEABA NI MAUNGATABU

This printed impression of the Procurement (amendment) Act 2016 has been carefully examined by me with the Bill which passed the Maneaba ni Maungatabu on the 16th September 2016 and is found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said Bill.
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Eni Tekanene
Clerk of the Maneaba ni Maungatabu	

Published by exhibition at the Maneaba ni Maungatabu this ……… day of .................................. 2016.
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Eni Tekanene
Clerk of the Maneaba ni Maungatabu