{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-partnership-and-public-procurement-wales-act-2023/section-25",
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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/25",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Socially responsible procurement duty: major construction contracts",
  "text": "(1) The particular actions mentioned in section 24(5)(b) are—\n(a) having regard to model social public works clauses published by the Welsh Ministers under section 27;\n(b) in designing and carrying out procedures preceding the award of the major construction contract, considering whether the contract should include social public works clauses;\n(c) in negotiating and awarding the contract, taking all reasonable steps—\n(i) to include any social public works clauses it considers should be included;\n(ii) to ensure that clauses included in the contract can be implemented;\n(d) in managing the contract, taking all reasonable steps to ensure that any social public works clauses included in the contract are implemented;\n(see sections 27 to 31 for further provision about the meaning of “social public works clauses” and their application to major construction contracts).\n(2) In this Part, a “major construction contract” is a public contract that is a works contract with an estimated value equal to or greater than £2,000,000.\n(3) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations amend this section to modify the meaning of a major construction contract.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 25(2) substituted (24.2.2025) by The Procurement (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/782), regs. 1(2), 46(2) (with reg. 2); S.I. 2024/716, Sch. (as amended by S.I. 2024/959, regs. 1(2), 2(7)(a))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 25 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 48(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 25(1) in force at 25.3.2026 by S.I. 2025/1353, art. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "S. 25(2)(3) in force at 21.3.2025 by S.I. 2025/338, art. 2(f)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2023/1/section/25",
    "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."
}