{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-act-2023/section-113",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-act-2023/section-113.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/54",
  "legislation_title": "Procurement Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-act-2023",
  "path": "section/113",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "113",
  "heading": "Minister of the Crown: restrictions on the exercise of powers",
  "text": "(1) A Minister of the Crown may exercise a power under this Act for the purpose of regulating a contracting authority that is a devolved Welsh authority only in relation to procurement under—\n(a) a reserved procurement arrangement, or\n(b) a transferred Northern Ireland procurement arrangement.\n(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to a power under section 67 (electronic invoicing) or 110 (guidance following procurement investigation).\n(3) A Minister of the Crown may not make regulations under section 67 or section 125, or publish guidance under section 110, for the purpose of regulating a devolved Welsh authority without the consent of the Welsh Ministers, unless the regulations relate to, or the guidance relates to, procurement under—\n(a) a reserved procurement arrangement, or\n(b) a transferred Northern Ireland procurement arrangement.\n(4) A Minister of the Crown may not make regulations under this Act for the purpose of regulating a transferred Northern Ireland authority without the consent of a Northern Ireland department, unless the regulations relate to procurement under—\n(a) a reserved procurement arrangement, or\n(b) a devolved Welsh procurement arrangement.\n(5) A Minister of the Crown may not publish guidance under section 110 for the purpose of regulating a Northern Ireland department without the consent of a Northern Ireland department, unless the guidance relates to procurement under—\n(a) a reserved procurement arrangement, or\n(b) a devolved Welsh procurement arrangement.\n(6) Subsections (1) and (4) do not apply in relation to a power under—\n(a) sections 59 to 66 (debarment);\n(b) section 89 (treaty state suppliers);\n(c) section 91 (non-discrimination in Scotland);\n(d) section 92 (trade disputes);\n(e) section 125 (power to make consequential, etc, provision);\n(f) section 127 (commencement).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 113 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 127(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 113 in force at 12.3.2024 by S.I. 2024/361, reg. 2(n)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/section/113",
    "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."
  }
}