1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Procurement Regulations 2024.
(2) These Regulations, except regulation 48, come into force at the same time at which section 11 of the Procurement Act 2023 comes into force for any purpose(1).
(3) Regulation 48 comes into force on the day after the day on which these Regulations are made.
2.—(1) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, subject to paragraph (2).
(2) Regulation 43 extends to England and Wales only.
(3) Part 5 makes provision about how Parts 2 and 3 apply in relation to Wales and Scotland.
3. In these Regulations(2)—
“CA 2006” means the Companies Act 2006(3);
“CPV code” means a code used in the Common Procurement Vocabulary as adopted by Regulation (EC) No 2195/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 November 2002 on the Common Procurement Vocabulary(4).
“PA 2023” means the Procurement Act 2023.
Section 11 comes into force on such day as a Minister of the Crown may by regulations appoint; and different days may be appointed for different purposes. See section 127 of the Procurement Act 2023.
Also see section 123 of the Procurement Act 2023 for an index of defined definitions in that Act.
EUR 2195/2002, as amended by S.I. 2020/1319; this is a reference to the retained version of Regulation (EC) 2195/2002. That retained version is available online at https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2002/2195/contents.