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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-act-2023/section-83E",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-act-2023/section-83E.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/54",
  "legislation_title": "Procurement Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-act-2023",
  "path": "section/83E",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "83E",
  "heading": "Interpretation of this Part",
  "text": "(1) In this Part—\n“appropriate authority” has the meaning given in section 83A(2);\n“contract regulated by Scottish procurement legislation” has the meaning given in section 83B(5)(a);\n“relevant outsourcing contract” has the meaning given in section 83B;\n“transferring worker”, in relation to a relevant outsourcing contract, has the meaning given in section 83B(4);\n“worker” and “worker’s contract” have the same meaning as in the Employment Rights Act 1996 (see section 230 of that Act).\n(2) For the purposes of this Part, in relation to a contract regulated by Scottish procurement legislation, “contracting authority”, “framework agreement”, “supplier” and “the relevant Scottish procurement legislation” have the meaning given in section 83B(5)(b).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 5A inserted (6.1.2026 for specified purposes) by Employment Rights Act 2025 (c. 36), ss. 32(2), 159(3); S.I. 2026/3, reg. 2(16)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/section/83E",
    "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."
  }
}