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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-partnership-and-public-procurement-wales-act-2023/section-23",
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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/23",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Public procurement",
  "text": "For the purposes of this Part, references to “public procurement” are to a contracting authority—\n(a) designing and carrying out any procedure preceding the award of a public contract including, in particular, seeking bids and selecting economic operators;\n(b) drafting, negotiating and awarding a public contract;\n(c) managing a public contract after it has been awarded;\nand references to “procurement” are to be construed accordingly.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 23 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 48(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 23 in force at 21.3.2025 by S.I. 2025/338, art. 2(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2023/1/section/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:52.654100+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."
}