s 4 Application
4.—(1) The Minister may, by order in the Gazette, declare any ministry or department of the Government, Organ of State or statutory board as a contracting authority for the purposes of this Act. (2) The Minister may, by order in the Gazette, declare a procurement to be subject to the Act. (3) An order made under subsection (2) may identify the procurement by one or more of the following:(a) the means by which the procurement is undertaken; (b) the contracting authority undertaking the procurement; (c) the goods or service, or combination of goods and service, to be procured; (d) the value of the procurement. (4) An order made under subsection (2) may specify —(a) the method by which the procurement is to be valued; (b) the circumstances under which the procurement is not a procurement subject to the Act; (c) the grounds on which the contracting authority may exclude a procurement, or an act or measure to be taken in relation to a procurement, from the application of all or any of the regulations made under section 6; and (d) the effect of an exclusion referred to in paragraph (c). (5) An order made under subsection (2) —(a) must specify that the procurement is a procurement subject to the Act in relation to all or any of the following:(i) all relevant States or a specified relevant State; (ii) all relevant Protocol States or a specified relevant Protocol State; and (b) may specify any supplier or class of suppliers as —(i) a relevant supplier or class of relevant suppliers in relation to that procurement for the purposes of paragraph (c) of the definition of “relevant supplier” in section 2; or (ii) a relevant Protocol supplier or class of relevant Protocol suppliers in relation to that procurement for the purposes of paragraph (c) of the definition of “relevant Protocol supplier” in section 2.[28/2004; 2/2014]