28.—(1) Schedule 3 (consequential amendments and revocations) has effect.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) and the amendments and revocations provided for by Schedule 3, in relation to any procedure for the award of a public service contract that has commenced before 25th December 2023, the enactments amended and revoked by that Schedule are to continue to apply as they were in force immediately before 25th December 2023, except that in Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007, in Article 8 (transition), in the first subparagraph of paragraph 2, point (iii) is not to apply.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2), a procedure for the award of a public service contract has commenced before 25th December 2023 if, before that date—
(a)an information notice has been published on a competent authority’s website under Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007,
(b)the competent authority has published any form of advertisement seeking offers or expressions of interest in respect of a proposed public service contract, or
(c)the competent authority has contacted any supplier in order to—
(i)seek expressions of interest or offers in respect of a proposed public service contract, or
(ii)discuss taking emergency measures under regulation 16.