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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-reform-scotland-act-2014/section-34",
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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/34",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "34",
  "heading": "Withholding information",
  "text": "Despite sections 32 and 33, the contracting authority may withhold information from a person if it considers that disclosure would—\n(a) impede law enforcement or otherwise be contrary to the public interest,\n(b) prejudice the commercial interests of any person, or\n(c) prejudice fair competition between economic operators.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 34 in force at 18.4.2016 by S.S.I. 2016/30, art. 3 (with art. 5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2014/12/section/34",
    "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."
}