# The Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Regulations 2026, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) In these Regulations—
“PA 2023” (“DC 2023”) means the Procurement Act 2023;
“SPPPA 2023” (“DPGChC 2023”) means the Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Act 2023;
“contracting authority” (“awdurdod contractio”) has the meaning given by section 22 of SPPPA 2023;
“economic operator” (“gweithredwr economaidd”) has the meaning given by section 45 of SPPPA 2023;
“excluded contract” (“contract wedi ei eithrio”) has the meaning given by regulation 3;
“financial year” (“blwyddyn ariannol”) has the meaning given by section 46 of SPPPA 2023, except in regulation 6(2)(e)(ii);
“framework agreement” (“cytundeb fframwaith”) has the meaning given by section 45 of SPPPA 2023;
“notifiable below-threshold contract” (“contract hysbysadwy sydd o dan y trothwy”) has the meaning given by section 87(4) of PA 2023;
“small and medium-sized enterprise” (“menter fach a chanolig ei maint”) has the meaning given by section 123 of PA 2023;
“trade union” (“undeb llafur”) has the meaning given by section 1 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (and “recognised” (“cydnabyddedig”) in relation to a trade union has the meaning given by section 178(3) of that Act);
“utilities contract” (“contract cyfleustodau”) has the meaning given by section 6 of PA 2023;
“zero hours contract” (“contract dim oriau”) has the meaning given by section 27A(1) of the Employment Rights Act 1996.
(2) In these Regulations, the estimated value of a contract is to be determined in accordance with section 4 of PA 2023.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/75/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-partnership-and-public-procurement-wales-regulations-2026/regulation-2
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