PART 1Introductory
Title and coming into force
1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Procurement (Wales) Regulations 2024.
(2) These Regulations, except for Part 1 and regulation 47(1) and (2), come into force at the same time at which section 11 of the Procurement Act 2023 comes into force for any purpose (1).
(3) Part 1 and regulation 47(1) and (2) come into force on the day after the day on which these Regulations are made.
Application
2.—(1) These Regulations apply to—
(a)a contracting authority that is a devolved Welsh authority, including in relation to a procurement under a devolved Welsh procurement arrangement, and
(b)a contracting authority that is to be treated as a devolved Welsh authority under section 111 of the Procurement Act 2023.
(2) In this regulation—
“devolved Welsh authority” (“awdurdod Cymreig datganoledig”) has the meaning given by section 157A of the Government of Wales Act 2006(2);
“devolved Welsh procurement arrangement” (“trefniant caffael Cymreig datganoledig”) has the meaning given in section 114(2) of the Procurement Act 2023.
Interpretation
3. In these Regulations—
“the 2023 Act” (“Deddf 2023”) means the Procurement Act 2023;
“contracting authority” (“awdurdod contractio”) has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the 2023 Act;
“CPV” (“GGG”) means the Common Procurement Vocabulary as adopted by Regulation (EC) No 2195/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 November 2002 on the Common Procurement Vocabulary(3).
Section 11 comes into force on such day as a Minister of the Crown may by regulations appoint; and different days may be appointed for different purposes. See section 127(2) of the Procurement Act 2023.
2006 c. 32. Section 157A was inserted by the Wales Act 2017 (c. 4) Pt 1 s.4(1), then amended by Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1) Schedule 1 paragraph 2(19), and the Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22) s.45(3).
EUR 2195/2002, as amended by S.I. 2020/1319; this is a reference to the retained version of Regulation (EC) 2195/2002. That retained version is available online at https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2002/2195/contents.