{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-procurement-regulations-2024/regulation-46",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-procurement-regulations-2024/regulation-46.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2024/9780348259728",
  "legislation_title": "The Procurement Regulations 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-procurement-regulations-2024",
  "path": "regulation/46",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "46",
  "heading": "Defence authorities",
  "text": "For the purposes of section 7(5) of the PA 2023, each of the following contracting authorities is a defence authority—\n(a) the Secretary of State for Defence;\n(b) AWE PLC;\n(c) the National Crime Agency;\n(d) the Oil and Pipelines Agency.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Company registration no. 02763902."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The National Crime Agency was established by section 1 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "The Oil and Pipelines Agency was established by section 1 of the Oil and Pipelines Act 1985 (c. 62)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2024/9780348259728/regulation/46",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:41:20.056402+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."
}