Regulation 2 Provisions coming into force

(1)

The following provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 come into force on 1st January 2026, to the extent that they apply to public contracts awarded in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023—

(a)

section 69 (payments compliance notices) other than in respect of a procurement regulated by the Welsh Ministers;

(b)

section 71 (assessment of contract performance).

(2)

The following provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 come into force on 1st April 2026, to the extent that they apply to public contracts awarded in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023—

(a)

section 69 in respect of a procurement regulated by the Welsh Ministers;

(b)

section 70 (information about payments under public contracts) other than in respect of a procurement regulated by the Welsh Ministers.

(3)

For the purposes of this regulation a procurement is “a procurement regulated by the Welsh Ministers” if—

(a)

the contracting authority concerned is a devolved Welsh authority, unless it is a procurement under a reserved procurement arrangement or a transferred Northern Ireland procurement arrangement^f1, or

(b)

it is a procurement under a devolved Welsh procurement arrangement^f2.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: For the meaning of “devolved Welsh authority”, see section 111(1)(a) of the Procurement Act 2023. For the meaning of “reserved procurement arrangement”, see section 114(5) of the Procurement Act 2023. For the meaning of “transferred Northern Ireland procurement arrangement”, see section 114(3) of the Procurement Act 2023.
f2: For the meaning of “devolved Welsh procurement arrangement”, see section 114(2) of the Procurement Act 2023.