# The Procurement Act 2023 (Threshold Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2025, Regulation 3: Transitional provisions


(1) Nothing in these Regulations affects any procurement commenced before the day on which these Regulations come into force.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), a procurement is commenced before the day on which these Regulations come into force if, before that day—
(a) a tender notice has been published in accordance with section 21 (tender notices and associated tender documents) of the Procurement Act 2023;
(b) a transparency notice has been published in accordance with section 44 (transparency notices) of that Act;
(c) a below-threshold tender notice has been published in accordance with section 87 (regulated below-threshold contracts: notices) of that Act;
(d) a contracting authority has invited the submission of tenders in relation to a regulated below-threshold contract (see section 85(1) (regulated below-threshold contracts: procedure) of that Act);
(e) in respect of a below-threshold contract to which neither sub-paragraph (c) nor (d) applies, a contracting authority has contacted a supplier in order to commence the award of that contract.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1200/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-act-2023-threshold-amounts-amendment-regulations-2025/regulation-3
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