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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Public Procurement (Agreement on Government Procurement) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 and come into force on 16th August 2021.
(2) The amendments made by these Regulations have the same extent as the provisions to which they relate.
PART 2
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PART 3
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(1) The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1), in the definition of “GPA”, for “the United Kingdom’s accession” substitute “16th May 2021”.
(3) For Schedule 1 (central government authorities), substitute the Schedule contained in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.
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(1) The Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1), in the definition of “GPA”, for “the United Kingdom’s accession” substitute “16th May 2021”.
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(1) The Concession Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1), in the definition of “GPA”, for “the United Kingdom’s accession” substitute “16th May 2021”.
(3) In regulation 51A (duty owed to economic operators from GPA parties), for paragraph (3) substitute—“
(3) In this regulation, “relevant time” means the date on which the contracting entity submitted a concession notice in respect of the concession contract to the UK e-notification service or would have done so if it had been required by these Regulations to do so.”.
Julia Lopez
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Cabinet Office
20th July 2021
SCHEDULE 1
Regulation 2(3)
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SCHEDULE 1
Regulation 2(1)
Where an entity listed in this Schedule is succeeded by another entity, which is itself a contracting authority, the successor entity shall be deemed to be included in this Schedule.

PART 1

 Attorney General’s Office
 Government Legal Department
 Cabinet Office
 Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
 Boundary Commission for England
 Crown Commercial Service
 Charity Commission
 Crown Estate – Vote Expenditure Only
 Crown Prosecution Service
 Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
 Competition Appeal Tribunal
 Competition and Markets Authority
 Competition Service
 Intellectual Property Office
 Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
 Metrological Office (known as “Met Office”)
 Office of Manpower Economics
 Oil and Gas Authority
 UK Research and Innovation
 Department for Education
 Office for Students
 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
 Arts Council England
 British Library
 British Museum
 The Gambling Commission
 Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England (known as “Historic England”)
 Imperial War Museum
 National Gallery
 National Maritime Museum
 National Portrait Gallery
 Natural History Museum
 Board of Trustees of the Science Museum (known as “Science Museum Group”)
 Tate Gallery
 Victoria and Albert Museum
 Wallace Collection
 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
 Natural England
 Plant Variety Rights Office
 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
 Department of Health and Social Care
 NHS Business Services Authority
 NHS Commissioning Board (known as “NHS England”)
 NHS Trusts
 NHS Foundation Trusts
 Department for International Trade
 Department for Transport
 Maritime and Coastguard Agency
 Highways England Company Ltd (known as “Highways England”)
 Department for Work and Pensions
 Office of Nuclear Regulation
 Pensions Regulator
 Social Security Advisory Committee
 Export Credits Guarantee Department (known as “UK Export Finance”)
 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
 Wilton Park
 Government Actuary’s Department
 Government Communications Headquarters
 Home Office
 HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services
 Corporate Officer of the House of Commons
 Corporate Officer of the House of Lords
 Ministry of Defence
 Defence Equipment & Support
 Ministry of Justice
 Court of Appeal (England and Wales)
 Employment Appeals Tribunal
 Employment Tribunals
 First-tier Tribunal
 Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service
 Law Commission
 Legal Aid Agency – England and Wales
 Office of the Official Solicitor to the Senior Courts and the Public Trustee
 Office of the Public Guardian
 Parole Board
 UK Supreme Court
 Upper Tribunal
 The National Archives
 National Audit Office
 National Savings and Investments
 Northern Ireland Assembly Commission
 Northern Ireland Ministers
 Agricultural Wages Board for Northern Ireland
 Attorney General for Northern Ireland
 Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
 Department for Communities
 Department for the Economy
 Consumer Council Northern Ireland (with respect only to the functions transferred from the National Consumer Council which were themselves transferred from the Gas and Electricity Consumer Council)
 Department of Education
 Department of Finance
 Department of Health
 Department for Infrastructure
 Department of Justice
 Coroners Service
 County Courts
 Court of Appeal and High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland
 Crown Court
 Enforcement of Judgements Office
 Forensic Science Northern Ireland
 Legal Service Agency Northern Ireland
 Magistrates’ Courts
 Pensions Appeals Tribunals (Northern Ireland)
 Police Service of Northern Ireland
 Probation Board for Northern Ireland
 Office of the Social Security Commissioners and Child Support Commissioners (Northern Ireland)
 State Pathologist’s Department
 Executive Office
 Northern Ireland Office
 Office of the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland
 Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland
 Office for National Statistics
 National Health Service Central Register
 Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
 Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
 Postal business of the Post Office
 Postal business of the Post Office
 Privy Council Office
 Restoration and Renewal Delivery Authority Ltd
 HM Revenue and Customs
 Royal Hospital, Chelsea
 Royal Mint
 Rural Payments Agency
 Scotland, Auditor-General
 Scotland, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
 Scotland, National Records of Scotland
 Scotland, Queen’s and Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer
 Scotland, Registers of Scotland
 The Scotland Office
 The Scottish Ministers
 Architecture and Design Scotland
 Crofting Commission
 Lands Tribunal for Scotland
 National Galleries of Scotland
 National Library of Scotland
 National Museums of Scotland
 Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
 Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service
 Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council
 Scottish Law Commission
 Special Health Boards
 Health Boards
 The Office of the Accountant of Court
 High Court of Justiciary
 Court of Session
 HM Inspectorate of Constabulary
 Parole Board for Scotland
 Pensions Appeal Tribunals (Scotland)
 Scottish Land Court
 Sheriff Courts
 Scottish Natural Heritage
 Scottish Police Authority
 First-tier Tribunal for Scotland
 Upper Tribunal for Scotland
 Historic Environment Scotland
 The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body
 HM Treasury
 United Kingdom Debt Management Office
 The Wales Office – Office of the Secretary of State for Wales
 The Welsh Ministers
 Agricultural Dwelling House Advisory Committees (Wales)
 Agricultural Land Tribunal for Wales
 Higher Education Funding Council for Wales
 Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales
 Rent Assessment Committee (Wales)
 The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales
 Valuation Tribunals for Wales
 Welsh National Health Service Trusts and Local Health Boards

PART 2

 
 Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute
 Armagh Observatory
 Armagh Planetarium
 Arts Council of Northern Ireland
 Arts Council of Wales
 Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
 Belfast Metropolitan College
 Care Council for Wales
 Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice
 Comhairle na Gaelscolaiochta
 Commissioner for Children and Young People for Northern Ireland
 Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland
 Commissioner for Public Appointments for Northern Ireland
 Commissioner for Victims and Survivors
 Community Relations Council
 Construction Industry Training Board – ConstructionSkills NI
 Council for Catholic Maintained Schools
 Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment
 Education and Library Boards
 Education Authority
 Equality Commission for Northern Ireland
 Exceptional Circumstances Body
 General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland
 Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland
 Health and Social Care Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority
 ILEX Urban Regeneration Company Limited
 Invest Northern Ireland
 Labour Relations Agency
 Lay Observer for Northern Ireland
 Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland
 Local Government Staff Commission
 Maze Long Kesh Development Corporation
 Middletown Centre for Autism
 National Library of Wales
 National Museum Wales
 National Museums Northern Ireland
 Natural Resources Wales
 North West Regional College
 Northern Health and Social Care Trust
 Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Trust
 Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service
 Northern Ireland Building Regulations Advisory Committee
 Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education
 Northern Ireland Environment Agency
 Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service
 Northern Ireland Fishery Harbour Authority
 Northern Ireland Guardian Ad Litem Agency
 Northern Ireland Housing Executive
 Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission
 Northern Ireland Law Commission
 Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission
 Northern Ireland Library Authority
 Northern Ireland Local Government Officers’ Superannuation Committee
 Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency
 Northern Ireland Museums Council
 Northern Ireland Policing Board
 Northern Ireland Policing Fund
 Northern Ireland Practice and Education Council for Nursing and Midwifery
 Northern Ireland Prisoner Ombudsman
 Northern Ireland Screen
 Northern Ireland Social Care Council
 Northern Ireland Tourist Board
 Northern Ireland, Department for Social Development
 Northern Regional College
 Patient and Client Council
 Planning and Water Appeals Commission
 Police Ombudsman Northern Ireland
 Police Retraining and Rehabilitation Trust
 Public Service Commission for Northern Ireland
 Regional Agency for Public Health and Social Well Being
 Regional Business Services Organisation
 Regional Health and Social Care Board
 Revenue Scotland
 RUC George Cross Foundation
 South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust
 South Eastern Regional College
 South West College
 Southern Health and Social Care Trust
 Southern Regional College
 Sport NI
 Sport Wales
 Staff Commission for Education and Library Boards
 Statistics Advisory Committee
 Stranmillis University College
 Strategic Investment Board
 The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
 The National Assembly for Wales Commission
 The Welsh Revenue Authority
 Ulster Supported Employment Limited
 Victims and Survivors Service Ltd
 Welsh Language Commissioner
 Welsh NHS bodies
 Western Health and Social Care Trust
 Youth Council for Northern Ireland
”
SCHEDULE 2
Regulation 5(3)
“
SCHEDULE 1
Regulation 2(1)
Where an entity listed in this Schedule is succeeded by another entity, which is itself a contracting authority, the successor entity shall be deemed to be included in this Schedule.

PART 1

 Attorney General’s Office
 Government Legal Department
 Cabinet Office
 Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
 Boundary Commission for England
 Crown Commercial Service
 Charity Commission
 Crown Estate – Vote Expenditure Only
 Crown Prosecution Service
 Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
 Competition Appeal Tribunal
 Competition and Markets Authority
 Competition Service
 Intellectual Property Office
 Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
 Metrological Office (known as “Met Office”)
 Office of Manpower Economics
 Oil and Gas Authority
 UK Research and Innovation
 Department for Education
 Office for Students
 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
 Arts Council England
 British Library
 British Museum
 The Gambling Commission
 Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England (known as “Historic England”)
 Imperial War Museum
 National Gallery
 National Maritime Museum
 National Portrait Gallery
 Natural History Museum
 Board of Trustees of the Science Museum (known as “Science Museum Group”)
 Tate Gallery
 Victoria and Albert Museum
 Wallace Collection
 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
 Natural England
 Plant Variety Rights Office
 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
 Department of Health and Social Care
 NHS Business Services Authority
 NHS Commissioning Board (known as “NHS England”)
 NHS Trusts
 NHS Foundation Trusts
 Department for International Trade
 Department for Transport
 Maritime and Coastguard Agency
 Highways England Company Ltd (known as “Highways England”)
 Department for Work and Pensions
 Office of Nuclear Regulation
 Pensions Regulator
 Social Security Advisory Committee
 Export Credits Guarantee Department (known as “UK Export Finance”)
 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
 Wilton Park
 Government Actuary’s Department
 Government Communications Headquarters
 Home Office
 HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services
 Corporate Officer of the House of Commons
 Corporate Officer of the House of Lords
 Ministry of Defence
 Defence Equipment & Support
 Ministry of Justice
 Court of Appeal (England and Wales)
 Employment Appeals Tribunal
 Employment Tribunals
 First-tier Tribunal
 Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service
 Law Commission
 Legal Aid Agency – England and Wales
 Office of the Official Solicitor to the Senior Courts and the Public Trustee
 Office of the Public Guardian
 Parole Board
 UK Supreme Court
 Upper Tribunal
 The National Archives
 National Audit Office
 National Savings and Investments
 Northern Ireland Assembly Commission
 Northern Ireland Ministers
 Agricultural Wages Board for Northern Ireland
 Attorney General for Northern Ireland
 Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
 Department for Communities
 Department for the Economy
 Consumer Council Northern Ireland (with respect only to the functions transferred from the National Consumer Council which were themselves transferred from the Gas and Electricity Consumer Council)
 Department of Education
 Department of Finance
 Department of Health
 Department for Infrastructure
 Department of Justice
 Coroners Service
 County Courts
 Court of Appeal and High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland
 Crown Court
 Enforcement of Judgements Office
 Forensic Science Northern Ireland
 Legal Service Agency Northern Ireland
 Magistrates’ Courts
 Pensions Appeals Tribunals (Northern Ireland)
 Police Service of Northern Ireland
 Probation Board for Northern Ireland
 Office of the Social Security Commissioners and Child Support Commissioners (Northern Ireland)
 State Pathologist’s Department
 Executive Office
 Northern Ireland Office
 Office of the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland
 Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland
 Office for National Statistics
 National Health Service Central Register
 Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
 Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
 Postal business of the Post Office
 Privy Council Office
 Restoration and Renewal Delivery Authority Ltd
 HM Revenue and Customs
 Royal Hospital, Chelsea
 Royal Mint
 Rural Payments Agency
 Scotland, Auditor-General
 Scotland, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
 Scotland, National Records of Scotland
 Scotland, Queen’s and Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer
 Scotland, Registers of Scotland
 The Scotland Office
 The Scottish Ministers
 Architecture and Design Scotland
 Crofting Commission
 Lands Tribunal for Scotland
 National Galleries of Scotland
 National Library of Scotland
 National Museums of Scotland
 Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
 Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service
 Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council
 Scottish Law Commission
 Special Health Boards
 Health Boards
 The Office of the Accountant of Court
 High Court of Justiciary
 Court of Session
 HM Inspectorate of Constabulary
 Parole Board for Scotland
 Pensions Appeal Tribunals (Scotland)
 Scottish Land Court
 Sheriff Courts
 Scottish Natural Heritage
 Scottish Police Authority
 First-tier Tribunal for Scotland
 Upper Tribunal for Scotland
 Historic Environment Scotland
 The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body
 HM Treasury
 United Kingdom Debt Management Office
 The Wales Office – Office of the Secretary of State for Wales
 The Welsh Ministers
 Agricultural Dwelling House Advisory Committees (Wales)
 Agricultural Land Tribunal for Wales
 Higher Education Funding Council for Wales
 Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales
 Rent Assessment Committee (Wales)
 The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales
 Valuation Tribunals for Wales
 Welsh National Health Service Trusts and Local Health Boards

PART 2

 Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute
 Armagh Observatory
 Armagh Planetarium
 Arts Council of Northern Ireland
 Arts Council of Wales
 Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
 Belfast Metropolitan College
 Care Council for Wales
 Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice
 Comhairle na Gaelscolaiochta
 Commissioner for Children and Young People for Northern Ireland
 Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland
 Commissioner for Public Appointments for Northern Ireland
 Commissioner for Victims and Survivors
 Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service
 Community Relations Council
 Construction Industry Training Board – ConstructionSkills NI
 Council for Catholic Maintained Schools
 Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment
 Education and Library Boards
 Education Authority
 Equality Commission for Northern Ireland
 Exceptional Circumstances Body
 Regional Development Scotland
 General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland
 Food Standards Scotland
 Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland
 Health and Social Care Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority
 Health Improvement Scotland
 ILEX Urban Regeneration Company Limited
 Integration Joint Boards
 Invest Northern Ireland
 Labour Relations Agency
 Lay Observer for Northern Ireland
 Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland
 Local Government Staff Commission
 Maze Long Kesh Development Corporation
 Middletown Centre for Autism
 National Library of Wales
 National Museum Wales
 National Museums Northern Ireland
 Natural Resources Wales
 North West Regional College
 Northern Health and Social Care Trust
 Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Trust
 Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service
 Northern Ireland Building Regulations Advisory Committee
 Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education
 Northern Ireland Environment Agency
 Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service
 Northern Ireland Fishery Harbour Authority
 Northern Ireland Guardian Ad Litem Agency
 Northern Ireland Housing Executive
 Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission
 Northern Ireland Law Commission
 Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission
 Northern Ireland Library Authority
 Northern Ireland Local Government Officers’ Superannuation Committee
 Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency
 Northern Ireland Museums Council
 Northern Ireland Policing Board
 Northern Ireland Policing Fund
 Northern Ireland Practice and Education Council for Nursing and Midwifery
 Northern Ireland Prisoner Ombudsman
 Northern Ireland Screen
 Northern Ireland Social Care Council
 Northern Ireland Tourist Board
 Northern Ireland, Department for Social Development
 Northern Regional College
 Patient and Client Council
 Planning and Water Appeals Commission
 Police Ombudsman Northern Ireland
 Police Retraining and Rehabilitation Trust
 Public Service Commission for Northern Ireland
 Regional Agency for Public Health and Social Well Being
 Regional Business Services Organisation
 Regional Health and Social Care Board
 Revenue Scotland
 RUC George Cross Foundation
 Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
 South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust
 South Eastern Regional College
 South West College
 Southern Health and Social Care Trust
 Southern Regional College
 Sport NI
 Sport Wales
 Staff Commission for Education and Library Boards
 Statistics Advisory Committee
 Stranmillis University College
 Strategic Investment Board
 The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
 The National Assembly for Wales Commission
 The Welsh Revenue Authority
 Ulster Supported Employment Limited
 Victims and Survivors Service Ltd
 Welsh Language Commissioner
 Welsh NHS bodies
 Western Health and Social Care Trust
 Youth Council for Northern Ireland
”