The legislation that regulates the Government of PNG public procurement landscape is the National Procurement Act 2018 (Gazetted and commenced on the 1 April 2019) and the Public Finance and Management Act as amended 2018 (Gazetted and commenced on the 1 March 2019).

The National Procurement Act establishes the National Procurement Commission and the Board of the National Procurement Commission.  The Commission is a Statutory Body.

The Public Finance and Management Act establishes an Authority to Pre-Commit Committee (APC Committee).  The committee is not an independent body but a committee formed by the Heads of Departments of Finance, Treasury ( Chair) and National Planning and Monitoring.  The Secretariat of the APC Committee is established within the Department of Finance.