Corporate Services

Any provision of Part 3 Division 5 of the GIPA Act requiring the inclusion of information about, or a copy of, a government contract in DCJ’s register of government contracts does not require inclusion of the following categories of information:

a. commercial-in-confidence provisions of the contract, or

b. details of any unsuccessful tender, or

c. any matter that could reasonably be expected to affect public safety or security, or

d. a copy of a contract, a provision of a contract, or any other information relating to the contract if inclusion of the matter would result in there being an overriding public interest against disclosure of the record.

For information about DCJ’s government contracts register, please visit: NSW eTendering – includes registers of government contracts relating to DCJ, its subsidiary agencies, and other separate agencies within the Stronger Communities Cluster'Class 3' contracts, Corrective Services NSW Class 3 Contracts, Business ethics, tenders and contracts register

Information of the kind described by section 32(1) of the GIPA Act is excluded from the mandatory open access requirements of the Act and is not disclosed for this reason. Table to section 14(2) of the GIPA Act:

a. Clause 3(a): reveal an individual’s personal information.

b. Clause 3(b): contravene an information protection principle under the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998.

c. Clause 4(b): reveal commercial-in-confidence provisions of a government contract.

d. Clause 4(c): diminish the competitive commercial value of any information to any person.

e. Clause 4(d): prejudice the legitimate business, commercial or financial interests of DCJ and third-party contractors.

Where such information is not disclosed for the above reasons, that information is not included on the register of government contracts or is redacted from any copies of contracts that are published on DCJ’s website.