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Section 44 Transparency noticesI1I2C1

United Kingdom

(1)

Before awarding a contract under section 41 or 43 a contracting authority must publish a transparency notice.

(2)

A “transparency notice” means a notice setting out—

(a)

that a contracting authority intends to award a contract directly, and

(b)

any other information specified in regulations under section 95.

(3)

This section does not apply in relation to the award of a contract under section 41 by virtue of paragraph 15 of Schedule 5 (direct award: user choice contracts).

Annotations

Modifications

C1

S. 44 applied (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))

Commencement

I1

S. 44 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 127(2)

I2

S. 44 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))