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(2) What were the reasons for not complying with subsection 9 of Part 2 of the Government Procurement Regulation 2007 with respect to the procurement process.

(3) If the Director-General of the Directorate, in writing, exempted the organisation from complying with the requirements of subsection 9 of Part 2 of the Government Procurement Regulation 2007, what were the reasons for so doing.

(4) How did the Directorate assure itself that it met all relevant requirements of the ACT Government Procurement Policy Circular PC25: Select and Single Procurement for this procurement process.

Ms Gallagher: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

(1) Submitted rates have been benchmarked against industry standard rates for projects of similar job value and complexity.

(2) To facilitate the timely completion of a revised pond design.

(3) To facilitate the timely completion of a revised pond design.

(4) Advice was sought from Shared Services Procurement prior to approving this procurement process.

Domestic Animal Services—costs
(Question No 2278)

Ms Le Couteur asked the Minister for Territory and Municipal Services, upon notice, on 2 May 2012:

(1) What is current annual cost of running the Domestic Animal Services (DAS).

(2) Of the amount referred to in part (1), how much is allocated to (a) enforcing the provisions of the Domestic Animals Act 2000 and associated regulations, (b) running the animal shelter and (c) educating or advising the public regarding caring for domestic animals.

(3) How many alleged cases of animal welfare breaches were followed up by DAS and how many were referred to the RSPCA in the (a) financial year 2010-2011 and the (b) first half of the financial year 2011-2012.

(4) How many instances were there of (a) criminal prosecutions, (b) fines levied and (c) cautions given in the (i) financial year 2010-2011 and the (ii) first half of the financial year 2011-2012.

(5) What was the total amount of fines collected in the (a) financial year 2010-2011 and the (b) first half of the financial year 2011-2012.

(6) Is there a statistically significant trend in the number of instances of deliberate or inadvertent animal cruelty brought to the notice of DAS.

Ms Gallagher: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:


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