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The Public Contracts Regulations 2015
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- 2015 No. 102
- PART 4
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- Regulation 113A
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- Regulations revoked by 2023 c. 54 Sch. 11 para. 5
[F1Contractual provisions relating to the processing of electronic invoicesU.K.
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113A.—(1) This regulation applies in respect of any public contract which has been awarded, or which is to be awarded, in accordance with Part 2.
(2) A contracting authority must ensure that every contract which it awards contains a provision requiring the contracting authority to accept and process an electronic invoice submitted for payment by or on behalf of the contractor where the conditions in paragraph (3) are met.
(3) The conditions are that—
(a)the invoice is undisputed; and
(b)the invoice complies with the standard on electronic invoicing.
(4) To the extent that a contract which has been awarded does not contain express provision requiring the contracting authority to accept and process an electronic invoice where the conditions in paragraph (3) are met, a term to that effect is to be implied into the contract.
(5) For the purposes of this regulation, an electronic invoice complies with the standard on electronic invoicing where it complies with—
(a)the European standard, and
(b)any of the syntaxes,
published in Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1870 as amended from time to time.
(6) In this regulation, “electronic invoice” means an invoice which has been issued, transmitted and received in a structured electronic format which allows for its automatic and electronic processing.]
Textual Amendments
F1Regs. 113A, 113B inserted (18.4.2019) by The Public Procurement (Electronic Invoices etc.) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/624), regs. 1(2), 3(4)
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