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Regulation 2 Interpretation

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In these Regulations—

  • “the 2015 Regulations” means the Public Contracts Regulations 2015f1;

  • “the 2016 UC Regulations” means the Utilities Contracts Regulation 2016f2;

  • “the 2023 Act” means the Procurement Act 2023;

  • “the UK-India CETA” means the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of India, signed at Buckinghamshire on 24th July 2025f3.

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Footnotes

f1

S.I. 2015/102, amended by paragraph 4 of the Schedule to the Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Act 2024 (c. 7) and S.I. 2016/275, 2020/1319, 2021/787, 2022/766, 2023/484 and 2023/567 (W. 88); there are other amending instruments but none is relevant. S.I. 2015/102 was revoked by section 119(1) of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 11 to, the Procurement Act 2023. S.I. 2015/102 continues to have effect by virtue of the saving provisions contained in regulation 5 of S.I. 2024/716 (as amended by S.I. 2024/959 and 2025/1337).

f2

S.I. 2016/274, amended by paragraph 11 of the Schedule to the Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Act 2024 (c. 7) and S.I. 2020/1319, 2021/787, 2022/766, 2023/484 and 2023/567 (W. 88); there are other amending instruments but none is relevant. S.I. 2016/274 was revoked by section 119(1) of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 11 to, the Procurement Act 2023. S.I. 2016/274 continues to have effect by virtue of the saving provisions contained in regulation 8 of S.I. 2024/716 (as amended by S.I. 2024/959 and 2025/1337).

f3

A digital copy of the draft agreement was published as an unnumbered Command Paper, available on https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/comprehensive-economic-and-trade-agreement-between-the-united-kingdom-of-great-britain-and-northern-ireland-and-india. After the agreement is in force it will be available to view in the Treaty Series Collection of Command Papers.