Regulation 47 Amendments to the 2023 ActI1I2

The 2023 Act is amended as follows.

In section 17 (preliminary market engagement notices), in subsection (3) omit the following words “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.”.

In section 87 (regulated below-threshold contracts: notices), for subsection (4)(a) substitute—

“(a)

in the case of a contract to be awarded by—

(i)

a central government authority that is not a devolved Welsh authority, not less than £12,000;

(ii)

a central government authority that is a devolved Welsh authority, not less than £30,000, or”.