These Regulations amend the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, the Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016 and the Concession Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016 (“Scottish public procurement regulations”).

The Scottish public procurement regulations contain provisions requiring contracting authorities to treat economic operators from countries with which the United Kingdom has an International Trade Agreement (“ITA”) no less favourably than economic operators from the United Kingdom. Details of the relevant ITAs are set out in schedules to the Scottish public procurement regulations. These Regulations insert into the Scottish public procurement regulations the United Kingdom’s ITA with the Republic of Iraq.