Specification of light touch and reservable light touch services
42.—(1) For the purposes of section 9(1) of the PA 2023 (light touch contracts) the services which are covered by the CPV codes set out in column (1) of Table 1 in Schedule 1 and described in column (2) of that Table are specified as light touch services for the purposes of section 9(1) of the PA 2023.
(2) For the purposes of section 33(7) of the PA 2023 (reserving contracts to public service mutuals), a service specified in columns (1) and (2) of Table 1 in Schedule 1 is specified as a reservable light touch service where in the entry corresponding to that service in column (3) the letter “R” appears.
(3) The services which are covered by the CPV codes set out in Table 2 of Schedule 1 are specified as light touch services for the purposes of section 9(1) of the PA 2023, but only where those services are supplied under a contract for the supply of any thing listed in section 7(1)(a) to (f) of the PA 2023 (defence and security contracts).