{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-act-2023/section-101",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-act-2023/section-101.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/54",
  "legislation_title": "Procurement Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-act-2023",
  "path": "section/101",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "101",
  "heading": "Automatic suspension of the entry into or modification of contracts",
  "text": "(1) A contracting authority may not enter into a public contract, or modify a public contract or a convertible contract, if during any applicable standstill period—\n(a) proceedings under this Part are commenced in relation to the contract, and\n(b) the contracting authority is notified of that fact.\n(2) The court may lift or modify the restriction in subsection (1) by order under section 102.\n(3) The restriction in subsection (1) does not apply if—\n(a) the proceedings at first instance have been determined, discontinued or otherwise disposed of, and\n(b) the court has not made an order to extend the restriction.\n(4) In this section “convertible contract” has the meaning given in section 74.\n(5) See sections 51 and 76 for provision about standstill periods.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 101 applied in part (with modifications) (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": "S. 101 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 127(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 101 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/section/101",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T16:57:07.988577+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}