{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-act-2023/section-29",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-act-2023/section-29.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/54",
  "legislation_title": "Procurement Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-act-2023",
  "path": "section/29",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "29",
  "heading": "Excluding a supplier that is a threat to national security",
  "text": "(1) This section applies if a relevant contracting authority intends to disregard a tender under section 26 or 28 or exclude a supplier under section 27 or 28 on the basis of the discretionary exclusion ground in paragraph 14 of Schedule 7 (threat to national security).\n(2) The contracting authority may not disregard the tender, exclude the supplier or notify the supplier of its intention unless—\n(a) the authority has notified a Minister of the Crown of its intention, and\n(b) the Minister of the Crown considers that—\n(i) the supplier or an intended sub-contractor is an excludable supplier by reference to paragraph 14 of Schedule 7, and\n(ii) the tender should be disregarded or supplier excluded.\n(3) The reference in subsection (2) to a contracting authority notifying a supplier of its intention is a reference to notification in accordance with section 26(3), 27(4) or 28(5).\n(4) In this section, a “relevant contracting authority” means a contracting authority other than—\n(a) a Minister of the Crown or a government department,\n(b) the Corporate Officer of the House of Commons, or\n(c) the Corporate Officer of the House of Lords.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 29 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 127(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 29 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/29",
    "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."
  }
}