1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Public Procurement (Agreement on Government Procurement) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 and come into force on 16th August 2021.
(2) The amendments made by these Regulations have the same extent as the provisions to which they relate.
2.—(1) The Public Contracts Regulations 2015(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (definitions), in paragraph (1), in the definition of “GPA”, for “the United Kingdom’s accession” substitute “16th May 2021”.
(3) For Schedule 1 (central government authorities), substitute the Schedule contained in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.
3.—(1) The Concession Contracts Regulations 2016(2) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1), in the definition of “GPA”, for “the United Kingdom’s accession” substitute “16th May 2021”.
(3) In regulation 51A (duty owed to economic operators from GPA parties), for paragraph (3) substitute—
“(3) In this regulation, “relevant time” means the date on which the contracting authority or utility submitted a concession notice in respect of the concession contract to the UK e-notification service or would have done so if it had been required by these Regulations to do so.”.
4.—(1) The Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016(3) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (definitions), in paragraph (1), in the definition of “GPA”, for “the United Kingdom’s accession” substitute “16th May 2021”.
5.—(1) The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015(4) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1), in the definition of “GPA”, for “the United Kingdom’s accession” substitute “16th May 2021”.
(3) For Schedule 1 (central government authorities), substitute the Schedule contained in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.
6.—(1) The Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016(5) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1), in the definition of “GPA”, for “the United Kingdom’s accession” substitute “16th May 2021”.
7.—(1) The Concession Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016(6) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1), in the definition of “GPA”, for “the United Kingdom’s accession” substitute “16th May 2021”.
(3) In regulation 51A (duty owed to economic operators from GPA parties), for paragraph (3) substitute—
“(3) In this regulation, “relevant time” means the date on which the contracting entity submitted a concession notice in respect of the concession contract to the UK e-notification service or would have done so if it had been required by these Regulations to do so.”.
Julia Lopez
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Cabinet Office
20th July 2021