Part 4Amendment of the Procurement Act 2023

Preliminary market engagement in relation to private utilities48

1

The PA 2023 is amended as follows.

2

In section 17 (preliminary market engagement), after subsection (2), insert—

3

This section does not apply to a private utility, other than to a private utility which is a devolved Welsh authority that is not carrying out procurement under a reserved procurement arrangement or a transferred Northern Ireland procurement arrangement.