Part 4: Management of public contracts Modifying public contracts Section 76: Voluntary standstill period on the modification of contracts
Subsection (1) sets out that if a contracting authority elects to enter a voluntary period of standstill when it publishes a contract change notice, it may not modify the public contract or convertible contract before the end of the standstill period provided for in the contract change notice.
	Subsection (2) stipulates that a voluntary standstill period must be no less than eight working days, beginning with the day on which the contract change notice is published.