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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-act-2023/schedule-2/paragraph-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-act-2023/schedule-2/paragraph-20.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/54",
  "legislation_title": "Procurement Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-act-2023",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/20",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Emergency services",
  "text": "A contract for the provision by an organisation or association not run for profit of one or more of the following services—\n(a) services relating to the promotion of fire safety;\n(b) fire extinguishing services;\n(c) services for the protection of life and property in the event of fires;\n(d) search and rescue services;\n(e) civil defence services;\n(f) nuclear safety services;\n(g) ambulance services provided in respect of medical emergencies.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 20 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 127(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 20 in force at 24.2.2025 by S.I. 2024/716, Sch. (as amended by S.I. 2024/959, regs. 1(2), 2(7)(a))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/schedule/2/paragraph/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:50:42.097136+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."
}