{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-care-services-provider-selection-regime-regulations-2023/regulation-20B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-care-services-provider-selection-regime-regulations-2023/regulation-20B.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2023/1348",
  "legislation_title": "The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-care-services-provider-selection-regime-regulations-2023",
  "path": "regulation/20B",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "20B",
  "heading": "Excluding a provider that is a threat to national security",
  "text": "(1) Paragraph (2) applies if the relevant authority intends to exclude a provider under regulation 20 or 20A because it considers the provider, or an intended sub-contractor, is an excludable provider on the basis of the discretionary exclusion ground in paragraph 14 of Schedule 7 (threat to national security) to the Procurement Act 2023.\n(2) The relevant authority may not exclude the provider or notify the provider of its intention unless—\n(a) the authority has notified a Minister of the Crown of its intention, and\n(b) the Minister of the Crown considers that—\n(i) the provider or an intended sub-contractor is an excludable supplier by reference to paragraph 14 of Schedule 7, and\n(ii) the provider should be excluded.\n(3) The reference in paragraph (2) to a relevant authority notifying a provider of its intention is a reference to notification in accordance with regulation 20A(6)(a).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regs. 20A-20D inserted (24.2.2025) by The Procurement Act 2023 (Consequential and Other Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/163), regs. 1(2), 28(5) (with reg. 34)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1348/regulation/20B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:37:17.572793+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."
}