Defence Reform Act: Part 2

Contents: Part 2 of the Defence Reform Act is UK legislation that creates a regulatory framework for “single source contracts” (contracts which are not subject to a legal obligation to be advertised and competed) in the defence area. The framework applies both to primary contracts, called qualifying defence contracts, and to non-competed sub-contracts resulting from those primary contracts, called qualifying sub-contracts. Much of the statutory framework is set out in the single source contract regulations, which are regulations made by the Secretary of State by powers conferred in this Act.

Contents

• Single Source Regulations Office

• 13. Single Source Regulations Office (or “SSRO”)

• Qualifying defence contracts

• 14. Regulations relating to qualifying defence contracts

• Pricing of contracts

• 15. Pricing of contracts

• 16. Pricing of contracts: supplementary

• 17. Contract profit rate

• 18. Contract profit rate: supplementary

• 19. Rates etc relevant to determining contract profit rate

• 20. Allowable costs

• 21. Final price adjustment

• 22. Recovery of unpaid amounts

• Transparency

• 23. Records

• 24. Reports on qualifying defence contracts

• 25. Reports on overheads and forward planning etc

• 26. Duty to report relevant events, circumstances and information

• 27. Records and reports: restrictions

• Sub-contracts

• 28. Qualifying sub-contracts

• 29. Determining whether a contract is a qualifying sub-contract

• 30. Application of Part to qualifying sub-contracts

• Compliance

• 31. Compliance notice

• 32. Penalty notice

• 33. Amount of penalty

• 34. Enforcement

• SSRO: other functions

• 35. Opinions and determinations

• 36. Recording, review and analysis functions

• 37. Provision of other services to Secretary of State

• Disclosure of information

• 38. Disclosure of information

• Review

• 39. Review of Part and regulations under it

• 40. Power to repeal Part

• General

• 41. Single source contract regulations: time limits and determinations

• 42. Single source contract regulations: general

• 43. Interpretation etc

• SCHEDULE 5 Restrictions on disclosing information

• Information to which Schedule applies

• Offence of disclosing information

• Disclosure with consent

• Disclosure of information already available to public

• Other permitted disclosures

• Power to prohibit disclosure