# The Procurement Regulations 2024, Regulation 48: Preliminary market engagement in relation to private utilities

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) The PA 2023 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 17 (preliminary market engagement), after subsection (2), insert—
“(3) This section does not apply to a private utility, other than to a private utility which is a devolved Welsh authority that is not carrying out procurement under a reserved procurement arrangement or a transferred Northern Ireland procurement arrangement.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/692/regulation/48 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-regulations-2024/regulation-48
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