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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-finance-and-accountability-scotland-act-2000-access-to-documents-and-information-relevant-persons-order-2003/article-3",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2003/530",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000 (Access to Documents and Information) (Relevant Persons) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-finance-and-accountability-scotland-act-2000-access-to-documents-and-information-relevant-persons-order-2003",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Contractors and Subcontractors",
  "text": "(1) In subsections (2) and (4) of section 24 of the 2000 Act “relevant person” includes any person in circumstances in which that person has or had a contractual obligation to supply goods or services to a body the accounts of which are audited or examined by the Auditor General by virtue of any enactment or prerogative instrument.\n(2) In sub-sections (2) and (4) of section 24 of the 2000 Act “relevant person” includes any person in circumstances in which that person has or had a contractual obligation to supply goods or services indirectly to a body the accounts of which are audited or examined by the Auditor General by virtue or any enactment or prerogative instrument.\n(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2), a person has a contractual obligation to supply goods or services indirectly to a body the accounts of which are audited or examined as in that paragraph if and only if that person has a contractual obligation to supply goods or services that arises from a contract which is a subcontract in relation to a main contract between the body the accounts of which are so audited or examined and another person or body.\n(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3), a contract is a subcontract in relation to a main contract if its performance would fulfil, or contribute to the fulfilment of, an obligation to supply goods or services in the main contract.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/530/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:34:19.025035+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."
}