Regulation 4 Amendment of the Concession Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016

The Concession Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016^f1 are amended as follows.

After regulation 7 (subject matter and application of these regulations), insert—

“Regulation of procurement by UK contracting authorities

7A

(1)

The provisions of these Regulations apply without modification where a UK contracting authority carries out procurement under a devolved Scottish procurement arrangement and, as part of that arrangement, a contract is to be awarded following a procedure or other selection process carried out—

(a)

jointly by that authority and one or more contracting authority, or

(b)

by a central purchasing body or equivalent which is a contracting authority.

(2)

In this regulation—

• “devolved Scottish procurement arrangement” has the meaning given in section 114(4) of the Procurement Act 2023,

• “UK contracting authority” means a contracting authority within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Procurement Act 2023.”.