Section 4(8)

In this section— “advance payment” has the same meaning as in section 11; “enactment” has the same meaning as in section 126(1) of the Scotland Act 1998; “public authority” means a public authority within the meaning of the Procurement Act 2023 (see section 2 of that Act) that is not— an excluded authority within the meaning of section 2(5)(a), (c) or (d) of that Act, but as if in section 2(5)(d)(ii) the reference to paragraph (b) were omitted, or the Common Council of the City of London other than for the purposes of its functions as a local authority, police authority or port health authority. In this section— “advance payment” has the same meaning as in section 11; “enactment” includes an enactment contained in subordinate legislation (within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978); “public authority” means a contracting authority (within the meaning of regulation 2(1) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-08-15