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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-reform-scotland-act-2014/section-11",
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  "legislation": "asp/2014/12",
  "legislation_title": "Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-reform-scotland-act-2014",
  "path": "section/11",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Supported businesses",
  "text": "(1) Despite section 8, a contracting authority may restrict participation in a regulated procurement (other than a higher value regulated procurement) to supported businesses only.\n(2) Where a contracting authority restricts participation under subsection (1), it must state that fact in the contract notice.\n(3) For the purposes of this Act, a “supported business” is an economic operator who operates a supported business, or supported employment programme within the meaning of regulation 21 of the Public Contracts Regulations.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 11(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Public Procurement etc. (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/468), regs. 1(2), 3(3) (with sch. paras. 1-5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 11(3) substituted (18.4.2016) by The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/446), reg. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 2(3) (with regs. 3-18, 99-101)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 11 in force at 18.4.2016 by S.S.I. 2016/30, art. 3 (with art. 5)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2014/12/section/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:14:09.509038+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "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."
}