Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Act 2023

15Overview of Part and interpretation

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(1)For the purposes of improving economic, environmental, social, and cultural well-being (including by improving public services) in Wales, this Part—

(a)imposes new social partnership duties as part of the well-being duty in section 3(1) of the WFGA 2015;

(b)amends the “A prosperous Wales” well-being goal to be pursued by public bodies when carrying out sustainable development under the WFGA 2015 so that securing fair work is part of the description of the goal.

(2)For the purposes of this Part, “sustainable development” has the meaning given by section 2 of the WFGA 2015.

(3)In this Part, a “public body” means a person listed as a “public body” in section 6(1) of the WFGA 2015, but for the purposes of sections 16 and 18 it does not include the Welsh Ministers.