{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-act-2023/section-124",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-act-2023/section-124.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/54",
  "legislation_title": "Procurement Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-act-2023",
  "path": "section/124",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "124",
  "heading": "Index of defined expressions",
  "text": "In this Act the expressions listed in the left-hand column of the table have the meaning given by, or are to be interpreted in accordance with, the provisions listed in the right-hand column.\nExpression\nProvision\nappropriate authority (except in Part 5A)\nsection 123\nappropriate authority (in Part 5A)\nsection 83A\nassociated person\nsection 26\nassociated tender document\nsection 21\naward criteria\nsection 23\nbelow-threshold contract\nsection 5\ncentral government authority\nSchedule 1\ncentralised procurement authority\nsection 1\ncompetitive flexible procedure\nsection 20\ncompetitive tendering procedure\nsection 20\nconcession contract\nsection 8\ncondition of participation\nsection 22\nconnected person\nSchedule 6\ncontract award notice\nsection 50\ncontract change notice\nsection 75\ncontract details notice\nsection 53\ncontracting authority\nsection 2\nconvertible contract\nsection 74\ncovered procurement\nsection 1\ndebarment list\nsection 57\ndefence and security contract\nsection 7\ndefence authority contract\nsection 7\ndevolved Scottish authority\nsection 2\ndevolved Scottish procurement arrangement\nsection 114\ndevolved Welsh authority\nsection 111\ndevolved Welsh procurement arrangement\nsection 114\ndiscretionary exclusion ground\nSchedule 7\ndynamic market\nsection 34\nenactment\nsection 123\nestimated value\nsection 4\nexcludable supplier\nsection 57\nexcluded supplier\nsection 57\nexempted contract\nSchedule 2\nframework\nsection 45\nlight touch contract\nsection 9\nmandatory exclusion ground\nSchedule 6\nMinister of the Crown\nsection 123\nmodify\nsection 123\nopen framework\nsection 49\nprimary legislation\nsection 123\nprivate utility\nsection 2\nprocurement\nsection 1\npublic contract\nsection 3\npublic undertaking\nsection 2\npublication of a tender notice\nsection 40\nrequirements\nsection 19\nreserved procurement arrangement\nsection 114\nschool\nsection 123\nScottish procurement legislation\nsection 115\nsmall and medium-sized enterprises\nsection 123\ntender notice\nsection 21\nthreshold amount\nSchedule 1\ntransferred Northern Ireland authority\nsection 112\ntransferred Northern Ireland procurement arrangement\nsection 114\ntransparency notice\nsection 44\ntreaty state supplier\nsection 89\nUnited Kingdom supplier\nsection 90\nutilities contract\nsection 6\nutilities dynamic market\nsection 35\nutility\nsection 35\nutility activity\nsection 6\nVAT\nsection 123\nworking day\nsection 123\nworks\nSchedule 1\nworks contract\nSchedule 1",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 124 substituted (6.1.2026 for specified purposes) by Employment Rights Act 2025 (c. 36), ss. 32(6), 159(3); S.I. 2026/3, reg. 2(16)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 124 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 127(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/section/124",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:50:42.097136+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."
  }
}