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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-partnership-and-public-procurement-wales-act-2023/section-22",
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  "legislation": "asc/2023/1",
  "legislation_title": "Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-partnership-and-public-procurement-wales-act-2023",
  "path": "section/22",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Contracting authorities",
  "text": "(1) In this Part, a “contracting authority” means a body, office-holder or other person listed in Schedule 1.\n(2) But the Welsh Ministers are not a contracting authority for the purposes of sections 29, 30, 35, 36 and 41.\n(3) In this Part, a contracting authority’s area is the area by reference to which the authority primarily exercises its functions, disregarding any areas outside Wales.\n(4) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations amend this section, and Schedule 1, so as to modify the meaning of a contracting authority.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "S. 22 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 48(1)"
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      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 22(1)(3)(4) in force at 21.3.2025 by S.I. 2025/338, art. 2(c)"
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "S. 22(2) in force at 25.3.2026 by S.I. 2025/1353, art. 2(a)"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2023/1/section/22",
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  "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."
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