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Article 2 Interpretation

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

In this Order—

  • “the 1988 Act” means the Local Government Act 1988f1;

  • “below-threshold contract” has the same meaning as in section 5(5) of the Procurement Act 2023f2;

  • “below-threshold tender notice” has the same meaning as in section 87(5) of the Procurement Act 2023f3;

  • “contractor” has the same meaning as in section 17(8) of the 1988 Actf4;

  • “county” means a county established by section 1 of the Local Government Act 1972 (new local government areas in England)f5;

  • “notifiable below-threshold contract” has the same meaning as in section 87(4) of the Procurement Act 2023f6;

  • “procurement” has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Procurement Act 2023;

  • “relevant authority” means any best value authorityf7 or parish council;

  • “relevant contract” means a contract to which section 17 of the 1988 Actf8 applies which is a below-threshold contract.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

1988 c. 9.

f2

2023 c. 54.

f3

Regulation 24 of S.I. 2024/692 sets out the information that must be included in a below-threshold tender notice.

f4

Section 17(8) was amended by paragraph 38 of Schedule 2 to the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52).

f5

1972 c. 70.

f6

Section 87(4) was amended by S.I. 2024/783.

f7

“Best value authorities” are defined in section 1 of the Local Government Act 1999 (c. 27).

f8

Section 17 was relevantly amended by paragraph 38 of Schedule 2 to the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), paragraph 10 of Schedule 26 to the Equality Act 2010 (c. 15), section 2 of the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 (c. 3), section 116 of the Procurement Act 2023 (c. 54) and S.I. 2009/1941.