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Recommendation 7

7

Accelerate late payment legislation to mandate 30-day terms and require Fair Payments Code Gold.

Recommendation
The Government should accelerate its late payments legislation and mandate 30-day payment terms by the end of this Parliament. In the meantime, procurement rules should be updated to require all large suppliers to have a Fair Payments Code Gold award. (Recommendation, Paragraph 39)