Regulation 2 Amendment of the Procurement Act 2023

in paragraph (a), for “£138,760” substitute “£135,018”;

in paragraph (b), for “£213,477” substitute “£207,720”.

in sub-paragraph (1), for the words before the table substitute—

“The threshold amount for a contract of a type referred to in the second column of the table below is—

(c)

if the contract is regulated by the Welsh Ministers, the threshold set out in the corresponding row of the third column, and

(d)

in any other case, the threshold set out in the corresponding row of the fourth column.”;

in sub-paragraph (1), in the table—

after sub-paragraph (1), insert—

“(1B)

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) a contract is regulated by the Welsh Ministers if it is—

(a)

a contract awarded by a contracting authority that is a devolved Welsh authority, other than such a contract awarded as part of a procurement under a reserved procurement arrangement or a transferred Northern Ireland procurement arrangement, or

(b)

a contract which is awarded as part of a procurement under a devolved Welsh procurement arrangement.”.