{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-reform-scotland-act-2014/section-41",
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  "legislation": "asp/2014/12",
  "legislation_title": "Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-reform-scotland-act-2014",
  "path": "section/41",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "41",
  "heading": "Public Contracts Regulations and Higher Value Regulated Procurements",
  "text": "(1) In this Act—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) “the Public Contracts Regulations” means the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/XX), and\n(c) a “higher value regulated procurement” is a regulated procurement to which the Public Contracts Regulations or section 115A of the Procurement Act 2023 apply ....\n(2) The Scottish Ministers may by order—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) amend the definition of “the Public Contracts Regulations” so as to substitute for the regulations for the time being specified there such other instrument as they consider appropriate.\n(3) An order under subsection (2) may make such consequential modifications to subsection (1) and any other provision of this Act as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 41(1)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Public Procurement etc. (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/468), regs. 1(2), 3(6)(b) (with sch. paras. 1-5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 41(1)(b) substituted (18.4.2016) by The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/446), reg. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 2(4)(b) (with regs. 3-18, 99-101)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 41(1)(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Public Procurement etc. (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/468), regs. 1(2), 3(6)(c) (with sch. paras. 1-5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 41(1)(c) inserted (20.12.2025) by The Cross-Border Public Procurement (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/392), regs. 1, 5(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 41(1)(c) omitted (18.4.2016) by virtue of The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/446), reg. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 2(4)(c) (with regs. 3-18, 99-101)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 41(2)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Public Procurement etc. (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/468), regs. 1(2), 3(6)(b) (with sch. paras. 1-5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "S. 41 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Public Procurement etc. (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/468), regs. 1(2), 3(6)(a) (with sch. paras. 1-5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2014/12/section/41",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:14:09.509038+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}