{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-exclusion-of-non-commercial-considerations-england-order-2026/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-exclusion-of-non-commercial-considerations-england-order-2026/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/94",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government (Exclusion of Non-commercial Considerations) (England) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-exclusion-of-non-commercial-considerations-england-order-2026",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the 1988 Act” means the Local Government Act 1988;\n“below-threshold contract” has the same meaning as in section 5(5) of the Procurement Act 2023;\n“below-threshold tender notice” has the same meaning as in section 87(5) of the Procurement Act 2023;\n“contractor” has the same meaning as in section 17(8) of the 1988 Act;\n“county” means a county established by section 1 of the Local Government Act 1972 (new local government areas in England);\n“notifiable below-threshold contract” has the same meaning as in section 87(4) of the Procurement Act 2023;\n“procurement” has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Procurement Act 2023;\n“relevant authority” means any best value authority or parish council;\n“relevant contract” means a contract to which section 17 of the 1988 Act applies which is a below-threshold contract.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1988 c. 9."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2023 c. 54."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Regulation 24 of S.I. 2024/692 sets out the information that must be included in a below-threshold tender notice."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Section 17(8) was amended by paragraph 38 of Schedule 2 to the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1972 c. 70."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Section 87(4) was amended by S.I. 2024/783."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "“Best value authorities” are defined in section 1 of the Local Government Act 1999 (c. 27)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "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."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/94/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:06:39.458269+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."
}