{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-act-2023/schedule-7/paragraph-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-act-2023/schedule-7/paragraph-13.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/54",
  "legislation_title": "Procurement Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-act-2023",
  "path": "schedule/7/paragraph/13",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Acting improperly in procurement",
  "text": "(1) A discretionary exclusion ground applies to a supplier if a decision-maker considers that—\n(a) the supplier has acted improperly in relation to any procurement, and\n(b) in so doing, the supplier put itself at an unfair advantage in relation to the award of a public contract.\n(2) A supplier might act improperly in relation to a procurement by—\n(a) failing to provide information requested by the contracting authority;\n(b) providing information that is incomplete, inaccurate or misleading;\n(c) accessing confidential information;\n(d) unduly influencing the contracting authority’s decision-making.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 7 applied (24.2.2025) by S.I. 2013/1582, reg. 6(2), Sch. 2 Pt. 1 (as amended by The Procurement Act 2023 (Consequential and Other Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/163), regs. 1(2), 17 (with reg. 33))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 7 para. 13 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 127(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 7 para. 13 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/7/paragraph/13",
    "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."
}