# The Procurement Act 2023 (Consequential and Other Amendments) Regulations 2025, Regulation 26: Amendment of the Competition Act 1998 (Vertical Agreements Block Exemption) Order 2022


(1) The Competition Act 1998 (Vertical Agreements Block Exemption) Order 2022 is amended as follows.
(2) In article 8 (hardcore restrictions), in paragraph (7)—
(a) after the definition of “active sales”, insert—
““devolved Scottish authority” has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Procurement Act 2023;”;
(b) 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,”;
(c) after the definition of “passive sales”, insert—
““public authority”has the same meaning as in section 2(2) of the Procurement Act 2023;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348267181/regulation/26 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-procurement-act-2023-consequential-and-other-amendments-regulations-2025/regulation-26
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