Status: check the official text
Procurement Act 2023
- Number / reference
- 2023 c. 54
The current framework for public procurement in the UK, which replaced the older EU-derived regulations.
PPP and investment law
United Kingdom: PPP and investment law
The laws that govern PPP and concessions, investment guarantees, dispute settlement and legal terms, with links to the official texts.
Checked on October 23, 2026Information, not legal advice
In brief
The UK has no PPP statute. Projects are procured under the Procurement Act 2023, which replaced the older EU-derived rules; the Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 are revoked. Property is protected through the Human Rights Act. The UK is an ICSID member and a party to the New York Convention, and it has left the Energy Charter Treaty.
PPP and concession law
Revoked
Concession Contracts Regulations 2016
- Number / reference
- SI 2016/273
Shown as revoked on legislation.gov.uk.
Investment protection
Status: check the official text
National Security and Investment Act 2021
- Number / reference
- 2021 c. 25
The UK investment screening regime.
Constitutional protection of property
Human Rights Act 1998, Sch. 1 Part II (First Protocol, Art. 1)
Article 1 of the First Protocol, Protection of property: every natural or legal person is entitled to the peaceful enjoyment of their possessions. Deprivation is allowed only in the public interest and subject to the law.
Dispute settlement
ICSID Convention
Contracting State
- In force: January 18, 1967
New York Convention (1958)
Party
Energy Charter Treaty
Withdrawn, effective April 27, 2025
Investment treaty with Ukraine
In force (1993)
Legal terms
How the law names each party, in the original language. Useful when reading tender documents and contracts.
Who proposes a project
- sponsormarket usage, not a statutory term
UK law has no statutory term for a proposer. Sponsor is market usage.