The Public Procurement (International Trade Agreements) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Public Procurement (International Trade Agreements) (Amendment) Regulations 2023.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 25th May 2023.

(3) The amendments made by these Regulations have the same extent as the provisions to which they relate.

(4) The following regulations do not apply to contracting authorities that are devolved Welsh authorities—

(a) regulation 2(2) and (5) to (25);

(b) regulation 4(2), (5), (6), (7)(a), (b) and (8) to (22).

(5) For the purposes of paragraph (4)(a), “contracting authorities” has the meaning given by regulation 2(1) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015(1).

(6) For the purposes of paragraph (4)(b), “contracting authorities” has the meaning given by regulation 4 of the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016(2).

(7) In this regulation, “devolved Welsh authority” has the meaning given by section 157A of the Government of Wales Act 2006(3).

(1)

S.I. 2015/102, relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2016/275, S.I. 2020/1319, S.I. 2021/787, S.I. 2021/872, S.I. 2021/1221, S.I. 2023/58 and S.I. 2022/766.

(2)

S.I. 2016/274, relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2020/1319, S.I. 2021/573, S.I. 2021/787, S.I. 2021/1221 and S.I. 2022/766.

(3)

2006 c. 32; section 157A was inserted by section 4(1) of the Wales Act 2017 (c. 4) and subsequently amended by paragraph 2(19) of Schedule 1 to the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1) and section 45(3) of the Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22).