# The Concession Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016, Regulation 51A: Duty owed to economic operators from GPA parties

Extent: S

(1) The duty owed in accordance with regulation 51(1) (duty owed to economic operators, including those from countries with whom the EU has a relevant international agreement other than the GPA) is a duty owed also to an economic operator from a GPA party, but only where the agreement applies to the procurement concerned.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the GPA applies to a procurement if—
(a) the procurement may result in the award of a contract of any description; and
(b) at the relevant time—
(i) a GPA party has agreed with the United Kingdom that the GPA shall apply to a contract of that description; and
(ii) the economic operator is from that GPA party.
(3) In this regulation, “relevant time” means the date on which the contracting entity submitted a concession notice in respect of the concession contract to the UK e-notification service or would have done so if it had been required by these Regulations to do so.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2016/65/regulation/51A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/concession-contracts-scotland-regulations-2016/regulation-51A
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