# Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Act 2023, Section 27: Social public works clauses in major construction contracts

Extent: E+W

(1) The Welsh Ministers must publish model clauses for major construction contracts (“social public works clauses”) designed to bring about the improvements to economic, social, environmental and cultural well-being listed under each category in the Table in subsection (2).
(2) The categories and improvements are—
TABLE 1
Category
Improvements
Payments
Ensuring and enforcing prompt payments.
Employment
Providing employment opportunities to younger people, older people, the long term unemployed, disabled people or people who may otherwise be disadvantaged (for example because of their race, religion or belief, sex, gender identity or sexual orientation).
Compliance
health and safety, and trade union representation.
Training
Providing appropriate training for workers.
Sub-contracting
Providing opportunities to small and medium sized enterprises and voluntary organisations to execute works, supply products or provide services.
Environment
Requiring sustainable management of natural resources, use of sustainable materials, resilience to the impact of climate change, reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, and enhancement of the natural environment and biodiversity.
(3) A reference in this Part to a contracting authority including social public works clauses in major construction contracts—
(a) is a reference to all of the model contract clauses published in respect of each of the improvements under the categories in subsection (2), and
(b) means incorporating clauses that have the same or substantially the same effect as the published model contract clauses.
(4) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations amend subsection (2)—
(a) to add a category, and improvements under that category, to the Table;
(b) to remove a category, and improvements under that category, from the Table;
(c) to amend a category or improvements under a category in the Table.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2023/1/section/27 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-partnership-and-public-procurement-wales-act-2023/section-27
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