{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defence-reform-act-2014/section-42",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defence-reform-act-2014/section-42.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2014/20",
  "legislation_title": "Defence Reform Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defence-reform-act-2014",
  "path": "section/42",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "42",
  "heading": "Single source contract regulations: general",
  "text": "(1) Single source contract regulations may make consequential, supplementary incidental or transitional provision.\n(2) Single source contract regulations may make different provision for different purposes.\n(3) Single source contract regulations are to be made by statutory instrument.\n(4) A statutory instrument containing—\n(a) the first single source contract regulations,\n(b) provision made by virtue of section 14(2), (6) or (8) (contracts to which single source contract regulations apply), whether alone or with other provision, ...\n(ba) provision made by virtue of section 15(2)(b) (pricing of contracts), whether alone or with other provision, or\n(c) provision made by virtue of section 33 (amount of penalty), whether alone or with other provision,\nmay not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.\n(5) Any other statutory instrument containing single source contract regulations is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in s. 42(4)(b) omitted (19.1.2024) by virtue of Procurement Act 2023 (c. 54), s. 127(2), Sch. 10 para. 7(2); S.I. 2024/61, reg. 2(1)(b)(iii) (with reg. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 42(4)(ba) inserted (19.1.2024) by Procurement Act 2023 (c. 54), s. 127(2), Sch. 10 para. 7(3); S.I. 2024/61, reg. 2(1)(b)(iii) (with reg. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 42 in force at 14.7.2014 by S.I. 2014/1751, art. 3(f)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/20/section/42",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:07:36.583962+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}