# The Procurement Act 2023 (Consequential and Other Amendments) Regulations 2025, Regulation 24: Amendment of the Health Service Products (Provision and Disclosure of Information) Regulations 2018


(1) The Health Service Products (Provision and Disclosure of Information) Regulations 2018 are amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 1, paragraph 5 (meaning of “NHS framework contract”)—
(a) before sub-paragraph (1)(a), insert—
“(za) a public contract awarded in accordance with a framework under the Procurement Act 2023,
(zb) a public contract awarded under the Procurement Act 2023,”;
(b) in sub-paragraph (2), for the definition of “contracting authority”, substitute—
““contracting authority”—
(a) in relation to a contract awarded in accordance with a framework, where the framework was awarded under the Procurement Act 2023, means a public authority within the meaning of the Procurement Act 2023 (see section 2 of that Act) that is not an excluded authority within the meaning of section 2(5)(a), (c) or (d) of that Act, but as if in section 2(5)(d)(ii) the reference to paragraph (b) were omitted;
(b) in relation to a contract based on a framework agreement—
(i) where the framework agreement was concluded under the 2006 Regulations, has the meaning given in regulation 3 of those Regulations;
(ii) where the framework agreement was concluded under the 2012 Scotland Regulations, has the meaning given in regulation 3 of those Regulations;
(iii) where the framework agreement was concluded under the 2015 Regulations, has the meaning given in regulation 2 of those Regulations;
(iv) where the framework agreement was concluded under the 2015 Scotland Regulations, has the meaning given in regulation 2 of those Regulations.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348267181/regulation/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-procurement-act-2023-consequential-and-other-amendments-regulations-2025/regulation-24
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