(1)Before the end of the period of 30 days beginning with the last day of a reporting period, a contracting authority must publish a payments compliance notice if during that period—
(a)the authority made a payment under a public contract;
(b)a sum owed by the authority under a public contract became payable.
(2)A “payments compliance notice” means a notice setting out—
(a)specified information about the contracting authority’s compliance with the term set out in section 68(2) (payment within 30 days), and
(b)any other specified information.
(3)For the purposes of this section, a reporting period is—
(a)the period beginning with the day on which this section comes into force and ending with the 31 March or 30 September following that day, whichever is earlier, and
(b)each successive period of six months.
(4)A Minister of the Crown or the Welsh Ministers may by regulations make provision about the preparation of a payments compliance notice, including provision requiring that the notice must be approved by a person of a description specified in the regulations.
(5)In subsection (2), “specified information” means information specified in regulations under section 95.
(6)This section does not apply—
(a)to a transferred Northern Ireland authority,
(b)to private utilities,
(c)in relation to a public contract awarded by a school, or
(d)in relation to a concession contract.
Commencement Information
I1S. 69 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 127(2)
I2S. 69(4) in force at 12.3.2024 by S.I. 2024/361, reg. 2(g)