The Procurement Act 2023 (Specified International Agreements) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2025 / Rheoliadau Deddf Caffael 2023 (Cytundebau Rhyngwladol Penodedig) (Diwygio) (Cymru) 2025

Explanatory note

Reproduced verbatim from the instrument as published on legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). The note is prepared by the responsible government department and is not part of the instrument itself.

These Regulations make amendments to Schedule 9 (treaty state suppliers (specified international agreements)) to the Procurement Act 2023 (“ the 2023 Act ”) in order to implement the procurement chapters of two international agreements entered into by the United Kingdom. These agreements are the Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Iraq signed at London on 14 January 2025 and the Strategic Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Kazakhstan signed at Astana on 24 April 2024.

The United Kingdom’s trading relationship with the Republic of Iraq was previously governed by the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and Iraq (“The EU-Iraq PCA”). The United Kingdom’s trading relationship with the Republic of Kazakhstan was previously governed by the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (“ EPCA ”) between the European Union and the Republic of Kazakhstan. The EU-Iraq PCA and the EPCA between the European Union and the Republic of Kazakhstan ceased to apply to the United Kingdom upon the United Kingdoms’s exit from the European Union.

Schedule 9 to the 2023 Act lists international agreements to which the United Kingdom is a party and which contain procurement obligations to which effect must be given in the United Kingdom. Regulation 3 of these Regulations amends Schedule 9 to the 2023 Act to reflect the agreements with the Republic of Iraq and the Republic of Kazakhstan entered into by the United Kingdom.

Regulation 4 of these Regulations makes provision for transitional arrangements, so that these Regulations will not affect any procurement under the 2023 Act which relates to the agreements with the Republic of Iraq and the Republic of Kazakhstan entered into by the United Kingdom, where the procurement has commenced before the day on which the relevant agreement enters into force.

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, a regulatory impact assessment has been prepared as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations. A copy can be obtained from The Commercial and Procurement Directorate, Welsh Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ.