The Procurement Act 2023 (Commencement No. 4) Regulations 2025

Made: 9th December 2025

The Minister for the Cabinet Office makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 127(2) of the Procurement Act 2023[^f00001]. These Regulations are made with the consent of the Welsh Ministers in accordance with section 127(3) of the Procurement Act 2023.

Citation and extent

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Procurement Act 2023 (Commencement No. 4) Regulations 2025.

• (2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Provisions coming into force

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• (1) The following provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 come into force on 1st January 2026, to the extent that they apply to public contracts awarded in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023—

• (a) section 69 (payments compliance notices) other than in respect of a procurement regulated by the Welsh Ministers;

• (b) section 71 (assessment of contract performance).

• (2) The following provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 come into force on 1st April 2026, to the extent that they apply to public contracts awarded in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023—

• (a) section 69 in respect of a procurement regulated by the Welsh Ministers;

• (b) section 70 (information about payments under public contracts) other than in respect of a procurement regulated by the Welsh Ministers.

• (3) For the purposes of this regulation a procurement is “a procurement regulated by the Welsh Ministers” if—

• (a) the contracting authority concerned is a devolved Welsh authority, unless it is a procurement under a reserved procurement arrangement or a transferred Northern Ireland procurement arrangement[^f00002], or

• (b) it is a procurement under a devolved Welsh procurement arrangement[^f00003].

Signed

Chris Ward — Parliamentary Secretary — Cabinet Office — 9th December 2025

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Explanatory Note

These Regulations bring into force provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 (c. 54).

Regulation 2(1) commences section 69 (which relates to the publication of payments compliance notices), other than in respect of procurement regulated by the Welsh Ministers, and section 71 (which relates to the assessment of contract performance), from 1st January 2026.

Regulation 2(2) commences section 69, in respect of procurement regulated by the Welsh Ministers, and section 70 (which relates to the publication of information about payments under public contracts), other than in respect of procurement regulated by the Welsh Ministers, from 1st April 2026.

These are the fourth commencement regulations under the Act.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2023 c. 54. For the meaning of “Minister of the Crown”, see section 123(1) and the definition in the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975 (c. 26) to which that provision cross-refers.

[^f00002]: For the meaning of “devolved Welsh authority”, see section 111(1)(a) of the Procurement Act 2023. For the meaning of “reserved procurement arrangement”, see section 114(5) of the Procurement Act 2023. For the meaning of “transferred Northern Ireland procurement arrangement”, see section 114(3) of the Procurement Act 2023.

[^f00003]: For the meaning of “devolved Welsh procurement arrangement”, see section 114(2) of the Procurement Act 2023.