s 26 Transitional provision
26.—(1) This Act does not apply to or affect any procurement which has been initiated before 13 May 2002. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a procurement is deemed to have been initiated if —(a) the invitation to tender in respect of the procurement has been issued; (b) the qualification of suppliers, being a qualification of suppliers undertaken solely for that particular procurement, has commenced; or (c) in a case where no tender is to be called for the procurement, the contracting authority concerned had communicated with a potential supplier with a view to the making or obtaining of an offer in relation to the procurement.