{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-act-2023/schedule-2/paragraph-36",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-act-2023/schedule-2/paragraph-36.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/54",
  "legislation_title": "Procurement Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-act-2023",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/36",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "36",
  "heading": "Concession contracts",
  "text": "(1) A concession contract that—\n(a) confers an exclusive right to operate a relevant scheduled air service for a period of four years or a series of periods falling within a period of four years, and\n(b) imposes minimum service requirements in respect of that service during those periods.\n(2) In this paragraph—\n“air service” means a flight, or a series of flights, carrying passengers or cargo (including mail);\n“airport” means any area especially adapted for air services;\n“relevant scheduled air service” means an air service that—\n(a)operates between two airports within the United Kingdom or within the United Kingdom and Gibraltar, and\n(b)the Secretary of State considers to be necessary in order to maintain sufficient transport links between the areas served by the airports.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 36 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 127(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 36 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/36",
    "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."
}