Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Act 2023
PART 1THE SOCIAL PARTNERSHIP COUNCIL
Establishment and purpose
1Social Partnership Council for Wales
2Membership of the Social Partnership Council for Wales
3Employer representatives
4Worker representatives
5Nomination of appointed members
6Duration of appointments
Operation and administration
7Meetings, procedures and administrative support
8Subgroups
9Public procurement subgroup
10Provision of information and advice to the SPC by public procurement subgroup
11Meeting remotely
12Expenses
13Supplementary powers
Interpretation
14Interpretation of Part 1
PART 2SOCIAL PARTNERSHIP AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
15Overview of Part and interpretation
16Social partnership duty
17Social partnership duty: Welsh Ministers
18Social partnership reports
19Social partnership reports: Welsh Ministers
20Fair work
PART 3SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
CHAPTER 1INTRODUCTION
Key concepts
21Public contracts
22Contracting authorities
23Public procurement
CHAPTER 2SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE PROCUREMENT DUTY
The socially responsible procurement duty
24Socially responsible procurement duty
25Socially responsible procurement duty: major construction contracts
26Socially responsible procurement duty: outsourcing services contracts
Social public works clauses
27Social public works clauses in major construction contracts
28Social public works clauses in subcontracts
29Social public works clauses: notifying the Welsh Ministers
30Social public works clauses: Welsh Ministers’ response
31Social public works clauses: Welsh Ministers’ contracts
Social public workforce clauses and code of practice on outsourcing public services
32Public services outsourcing and workforce code
33Social public workforce clauses in outsourcing services contracts
34Social public workforce clauses in subcontracts
35Social public workforce clauses: notifying the Welsh Ministers
36Social public workforce clauses: Welsh Ministers’ response
37Social public workforce clauses: Welsh Ministers’ contracts
Procurement strategies
38Procurement strategy
CHAPTER 3REPORTING AND ACCOUNTABILITY
39Annual socially responsible procurement reports
40Contracts register
41Procurement investigations
42Welsh Ministers’ annual report on public procurement
CHAPTER 4GENERAL
43Guidance
44Regulations
45Interpretation of Part 3
PART 4FINAL PROVISIONS
46General interpretation
47Minor amendment of the WFGA 2015
48Coming into force
49Short title
SCHEDULE 1CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES
1The Senedd Commission.
2A person listed as a “public body” in section 6(1)...
3The Welsh Language Commissioner.
4The Future Generations Commissioner for Wales.
5The Children’s Commissioner for Wales.
6The Commissioner for Older People in Wales.
7Social Care Wales.
8The Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust.
9Digital Health and Care Wales.
10The Welsh Revenue Authority.
11Transport for Wales.
12The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of...
13His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales....
14Meat Promotion Wales.
15Qualifications Wales.
16Health Education and Improvement Wales.
17The Education Workforce Council.
18The Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales.
SCHEDULE 2SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE PROCUREMENT OBJECTIVES
1If the well-being goals are amended, a contracting authority must...
2If, on a review under paragraph 1, a contracting authority...
3A contracting authority may at any other time review and...
4Where a contracting authority revises its socially responsible procurement objectives...

Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Act 2023

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An Act of Senedd Cymru to make provision about sustainable development in accordance with a principle of social partnership; about socially responsible public procurement; establishing a Social Partnership Council for Wales; and for connected purposes.

Having been passed by Senedd Cymru and having received the assent of His Majesty, it is enacted as follows: