Part 11: Appropriate authorities and cross-border procurement Section 111: Welsh Ministers: restrictions on the exercise of powers
This section places restrictions on the Welsh Ministers when exercising powers under this legislation.
	Subsection (1) sets out that the powers granted to Welsh Ministers under the legislation only apply to certain contracting authorities and procurement under a devolved Welsh procurement arrangement (as defined at section 114). The contracting authorities to which the powers apply are devolved Welsh authorities (within the meaning given in section 157A of the Government of Wales Act 2006) and other authorities which the legislation requires are to be treated as devolved Welsh authorities despite falling outside the definition in the Government of Wales Act (see subsection (2)).
	Subsection (2) sets out that contracting authorities that are public undertakings or private utilities operating wholly or mainly in relation to Wales, and whose activities are wholly or mainly activities that do not relate to reserved matters, are to be treated as a devolved Welsh authority.
	Subsection (3) states that contracting authorities which are not a public undertaking or private utility are to be treated as a devolved Welsh authority if their functions are both exercisable wholly or mainly in relation to Wales and are not wholly or mainly reserved. Both subsections (2) and (3) will therefore include contracting authorities which operate, to some extent, outside Wales.
	Subsection (4) sets out that, other than in this section and section 127 (commencement), any reference to devolved Welsh authorities in the legislation also includes the authorities which this section states should be treated as such.
	Subsection (5) provides that the restriction on the powers of the Welsh Ministers to regulate procurement does not apply in respect of any power contained in sections 59 to 66 of the Act (debarment).
	Subsection (6) defines certain concepts used in this section.