{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-act-2023/schedule-8/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-act-2023/schedule-8/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/54",
  "legislation_title": "Procurement Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-act-2023",
  "path": "schedule/8/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Provided for in the contract",
  "text": "A modification is a permitted modification if—\n(a) the possibility of the modification is unambiguously provided for in—\n(i) the contract as awarded, and\n(ii) the tender or transparency notice for the award of that contract, and\n(b) the modification would not change the overall nature of the contract.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 8 applied in part (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. 8 para. 1 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 127(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 8 para. 1 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/8/paragraph/1",
    "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."
}