PART 4Management of public contracts
Notices about payments and performance
I170Information about payments under public contracts
1
A contracting authority must publish specified information about any payment of more than £30,000 made by the authority under a public contract.
2
The information must be published before the end of the period of 30 days beginning with the last day of the quarter in which the payment was made.
3
A Minister of the Crown or the Welsh Ministers may by regulations amend this section for the purpose of changing—
a
the financial threshold;
b
the time limit for publication.
4
This section does not apply in relation to a public contract that is—
a
a utilities contract awarded by a private utility,
b
a concession contract,
c
awarded by a school,
d
awarded by a transferred Northern Ireland authority, unless it is awarded as part of a procurement under a reserved procurement arrangement or devolved Welsh procurement arrangement, or
e
awarded as part of a procurement under a transferred Northern Ireland procurement arrangement.
5
In this section—
“quarter” means a period of three months ending with 31 March, 30 June, 30 September or 31 December in any year;
“specified information” means information specified in regulations under section 95.