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Prospective affecting provision: s. 7B inserted by Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2026 (5/2026), s. 30, not commenced as of date of revision.

F3[7B.— (1) Each public body shall, in accordance with guidance referred to in section 7A(5)(b), prepare a report annually that—

(a) identifies each procurement of goods, services or works by the public body in the previous calendar year where green public procurement criteria relevant to such goods, services or works were not integrated into the procurement process, and

(b) the reasons why the public body considered it appropriate and proportionate not to include any of those criteria in that procurement process.

(2) The public body that prepared the report under subsection (1) shall—

(a) where requested to do so by the public body designated by the Minister under subsection (3), provide a copy of the report to the public body that made the request, or

(b) where not so requested, publish the report on a website maintained by or on behalf of the public body that prepared the report.

(3) The Minister may by order designate a public body referred to in section 7A(9)(a) for the purposes of receiving a report under subsection (2)(a).]