The Buying Agency Trading Fund (Amendment) Order 2026

Made: 3rd March 2026

Laid before the House of Commons: 9th March 2026

Coming into force: 1st April 2026

The Minister for the Cabinet Office, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1) and 6(1) of the Government Trading Funds Act 1973[^f00001], with the concurrence of the Treasury, makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and extent

1

• (1) This Order may be cited as the Buying Agency Trading Fund (Amendment) Order 2026 and comes into force on 1st April 2026.

• (2) An amendment or revocation made by this Order has the same extent as the provision amended or revoked.

Amendment of the Buying Agency Trading Fund Order 1991

2

In article 3 of the Buying Agency Trading Fund Order 1991[^f00002] (establishment of the fund), for “the Crown Commercial Service Trading Fund” substitute “the Government Commercial Agency Trading Fund”.

Revocation of amending Order

3

The Buying Agency Trading Fund (Amendment) Order 2014[^f00003] is revoked.

Signed

Chris Ward — Parliamentary Secretary — Cabinet Office — 3rd March 2026

We concur

Gen Kitchen — Christian Wakeford — Two of the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury — 24th February 2026

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Explanatory Note

This Order amends the Buying Agency Trading Fund Order 1991.

Article 2 changes the name of the Crown Commercial Service Trading Fund to the Government Commercial Agency Trading Fund. This Fund had previously been known, successively, as the Buying Agency Trading Fund, the OGCbuying.solutions Trading Fund, the Buying Solutions Trading Fund and the Government Procurement Service Trading Fund.

Article 3 revokes the previous amending Order that changed the name of the Fund to the Crown Commercial Service Trading Fund.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1973 c. 63; section 1 was substituted by section 1(1) of the Government Trading Act 1990 (c. 30) and section 6(1) was substituted by section 2(3)(a) of that Act.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1991/875, relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2001/922, 2009/647, 2011/2208, 2014/561.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2014/561.