Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Act 2023

1. Introduction

2. General Overview of the Act

   1. Part 1

      The Social Partnership Council

      1. Section 1 – Social Partnership Council for Wales

      2. Section 2 – Membership of the Social Partnership Council for Wales

      3. Sections 3 and 4 – Employer and worker representatives

      4. Section 5 - Nomination of appointed members

      5. Section 6 - Duration of appointments

      6. Section 7- Meetings, procedures and administrative support

      7. Section 8 – Subgroups

      8. Section 9 – Public procurement subgroup

      9. Section 10 - Provision of information and advice to the SPC by public procurement subgroup

      10. Section 11 & 12 – Meeting remotely and expenses

      11. Section 13 – Supplementary powers

   2. Part 2 – Social Partnership and Sustainable Development

      Introduction

      1. Section 15 - Overview of Part and interpretation

      2. Section 16 – Social partnership duty

      3. Section 17 – Social Partnership duty: Welsh Ministers

      4. Section 18 – Social partnership reports

      5. Section 19 – Social partnership reports: Welsh Ministers

      6. Section 20 - Fair Work

   3. Part 3 – Socially Responsible Public Procurement

      1. Chapter 1

      2. Chapter 2

         1. Section 24 - Socially responsible procurement duty

         2. Section 25 - Socially responsible procurement duty: major construction contracts

         3. Section 26 - Socially responsible procurement duty: outsourcing services contracts

         4. Section 27 - Social public works clauses in major construction contracts

         5. Section 28 - Social public works clauses in subcontracts

         6. Section 29 - Social public works clauses: notifying the Welsh Ministers

         7. Sections 30 and 31 - Social public works clauses: Welsh Ministers’ response and contracts

         8. Section 32 - Public services outsourcing and workforce code

         9. Sections 33 and 34 - Social public workforce clauses in outsourcing services contracts and in subcontracts

         10. Section 35 - Social public workforce clauses: notifying the Welsh Ministers

         11. Sections 36 and 37 - Social public workforce clauses: Welsh Ministers’ response and contracts

         12. Section 38 - Procurement strategy

      3. Chapter 3 – Reporting and Accountability

         1. Section 39 – Annual socially responsible procurement reports

         2. Section 40 – Contracts register

         3. Section 41 - Procurement investigations

         4. Section 42 - Welsh Ministers’ annual report on public procurement

         5. Section 43 – Guidance

         6. Section 44 - Regulations

         7. Section 45 - Interpretation of Part 3

         8. Section 46 - General interpretation

         9. Section 47 - Minor amendment of the WFGA 2015

         10. Section 48 - Coming into force

         11. Section 49 - Short title

   4. Schedule 1

   5. Schedule 2

3. Record of Proceedings in Senedd Cymru