Part 3Amendment of secondary legislation
Chapter 2Amendments consequential to the coming into force of the Procurement Act 2023
Amendment of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 201519.
(1)
(2)
In regulation 2 (interpretation)—
(a)
omit the definition of “Defence and Security Regulations”;
(b)
““defence and security contract” has the meaning given in section 7 of the Procurement Act 2023;”.
(3)
In regulation 3(5) (subject matter and application of these regulations), omit “as that list is to be treated for the purpose of Part 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015”.
(4)
In regulation 4(1) (mixed procurement), for “the Defence and Security Regulations” substitute “would, if awarded as a separate contract, be considered a defence and security contract”
.
(5)
In regulation 16(1) (specific situations: defence and security)—
(a)
in the words before sub-paragraph (a), omit “or design contests”;
(b)
in sub-paragraph (a), for “Defence and Security Regulations apply”, substitute “Procurement Act 2023 applies”
;
(c)
“(b)
to which that Act does not apply pursuant to section 3 of that Act.”.
(6)
In regulation 17 (mixed procurement involving defence or security aspects)—
(a)
in paragraph (1), for “the Defence and Security Regulations” substitute “would be considered a defence and security contract”
;
(b)
in paragraph (3), for “Defence and Security Regulations” substitute “Procurement Act 2023”
;
(c)
in paragraph (5)(b), for “is covered by the Defence and Security Regulations, the procurement may be undertaken in accordance with those Regulations” substitute “would, if awarded as a separate contract, be considered a defence and security contract, the procurement may be undertaken in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023”
;
(d)
in paragraph (7), for “Defence and Security Regulations” substitute “Procurement Act 2023”
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(7)
In Schedule 6 (consequential and miscellaneous amendments), omit paragraph 6.