# The Procurement Act 2023 (Specified International Agreements) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2025, Regulation 4: Transitional provisions

Extent: E+W

(1) In this regulation—
“below-threshold contract” (“contract sydd o dan ytrothwy”) has the meaning given by section 5(5) of the 2023 Act;
“contracting authority” (“awdurdod contractio”) has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the 2023 Act;
“relevant agreement” (“cytundeb perthnasol”) means, as the case may be, the UK-Iraq PCA or the UK-Kazakhstan SPCA;
“the UK-Iraq PCA” (“CBCh y DU ac Irac”) means the Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Iraq signed at London on 14 January 2025;
“the UK-Kazakhstan SPCA” (“CPChS y DU a Kazakhstan”) means the Strategic Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Kazakhstan signed at Astana on 24 April 2024.
(2) A reference to the relevant agreement entering into force means, in respect of—
(a) the UK-Kazakhstan SPCA, when Chapter 8 (Government Procurement) of Title III (Trade and Business) starts to apply in accordance with article 136, or
(b) the UK-Iraq PCA, when that agreement enters into force in accordance with article 115.
(3) The amendments made by regulation 3 do not affect any procurement commenced before the day on which the relevant agreement enters into force if before that day—
(a) a tender notice has been published in accordance with section 21(1) of the 2023 Act (tender notices and associated tender documents),
(b) a transparency notice has been published in accordance with section 44(1) of the 2023 Act (transparency notices),
(c) a below-threshold tender notice has been published in accordance with section 87(1) of the 2023 Act (regulated below-threshold contracts: notices), or
(d) in respect of a below-threshold contract to which sub-paragraph (c) does not apply, a contracting authority has contacted a supplier in order to commence the award of that contract.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/1361/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-act-2023-specified-international-agreements-amendment-wales-regulations-2025/regulation-4
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.