Cap.22:23 PuBuc PROCUREMENT AND DISPOSAL OF Pusuc AssETs No.S/2017 (c) any recommendations the Authority may wish to make on revising and improving procurement procedures; and (d) any other matters the Authority wishes to bring to the attention of the Government and Parliament. (2) On receipt of an annual report, the Minister shall without delay lay it before Parliament. (3) In addition to the annual report, the Authority( a) may submit to the Minister reports on such matters relating to the public procurement or asset disposal system of Zimbabwe as the Board wishes to bring to the Minister's attention; and (b) shall provide the Minister with such reports and information regarding the public procurement or asset disposal system of Zimbabwe as the Minister may reasonably require. 12 Validity of decisions and acts of Board and committees No decision or act of the Board or a committee, and no act that is authorised by the Board or a committee, shall be invalid solely because there was a vacancy in the membership of the Board or the committee or because a disqualified person purported to act as a member of the Board or the committee, as the case may be, at the time the decision was taken or the act was done or authorised. 13 Exemption from liability of Authority and its employees and agents No liability shall attach to( a) the Authority; or (b) any member of the Board or of a committee of the Authority; or (c) any employee or agent of the Authority; in respect of loss or damage sustained by any person as a result of the bona fide exercise of any function conferred or imposed on the person concerned by or under this Act: Provided that this section shall not be construed as preventing anyone from recovering damages or compensation for loss or damage that was caused by deliberate wrong-doing, negligence or breach of contract. PART III R.EsPONSffiiLfiY FOR PROCUREMENT AND PROCURING ENTITIES 14 Responsibility for procurement (1) Subject to this Act(a) each procuring entity shall be responsible for managing its procurement, where the value of the procurement requirement is below the prescribed threshold; (b) every procuring entity that has been authorised in terms of section 15 shall be responsible for managing its procurement, where the value of the procurement requirement is at or above the prescribed threshold. (2) Within any procuring entity, responsibility for ensuring that its procurement activities are carried out in compliance with this Act and any directions of the Authority shall devolve upon(a) the entity's accounting officer; and (b) within their spheres of responsibility, the members of the entity's procurement management unit and the entity's, employees and agents who are involved in any way with procurement. 53