# The Procurement Act 2023 (Specified International Agreements and Saving Provision) (Amendment) Regulations 2026, Regulation 6: Transitional provision in respect of amendments relating to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015


(1) Terms used in this regulation have the same meaning as in the 2015 Regulations as they had effect immediately before 24th February 2025.
(2) The amendments made by regulation 4(2) do not affect any procurement commenced before the day on which the UK-India CETA enters into force.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2), a procurement has been commenced before the day on which the UK-India CETA enters into force if, before that day—
(a) a contracting authority has submitted a contract notice required by regulation 26(8) of the 2015 Regulations (choice of procedures) in accordance with regulation 51 of those Regulations (publication on the UK e-notification service) for the award of a contract under a dynamic purchasing system, or
(b) a contracting authority has contacted an economic operator in order to commence the award of a contract based on a framework agreement (see regulation 33 of those Regulations (framework agreements)).
(4) But the amendments made by regulation 4(2) do affect the evaluation of an economic operator’s request, made on or after the day on which the UK-India CETA enters into force, to participate in a dynamic purchasing system in accordance with paragraphs (15) to (20) of regulation 34 of the 2015 Regulations (dynamic purchasing systems).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348278576/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-procurement-act-2023-specified-international-agreements-and-saving-provision-amendment-regulations-2026/regulation-6
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