Regulation 26 Amendment of the Competition Act 1998 (Vertical Agreements Block Exemption) Order 2022

after the definition of “active sales”, insert—

• ““devolved Scottish authority” has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Procurement Act 2023;”;

in the definition of “passive sales”, in sub-paragraph (c), for paragraphs (i) and (ii) substitute—

“(i)

the Procurement Act 2023, or

(ii)

in respect of a public authority that is a devolved Scottish authority, the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, the Concession Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016 or the Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016,”;

after the definition of “passive sales”, insert—

• ““public authority”has the same meaning as in section 2(2) of the Procurement Act 2023;”.