# Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, Section 27: Exclusion of economic operators on grounds of criminal activity


(1) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations require a contracting authority to exclude an economic operator from a regulated procurement (other than a higher value regulated procurement) if any of the following have been convicted of an offence specified in the regulations—
(a) the economic operator,
(b) a director, secretary, office-holder, or partner of the economic operator, or
(c) another person having powers of representation, decision-making or control in relation to the economic operator.
(2) Regulations under this section may make provision—
(a) specifying evidence that is to be conclusive in determining whether or not a person has been convicted of an offence,
(b) specifying circumstances in which a contracting authority may award a contract to an economic operator despite being otherwise prohibited from doing so under the regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2014/12/section/27 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-reform-scotland-act-2014/section-27
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