S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S 2021 No. 573  PUBLIC PROCUREMENT  The Public Procurement (Agreement on Government  Procurement) (Amendment) Regulations 2021  Made  -  -  -  -  at 2.00 p.m. on 12th May 2021  Laid before Parliament  at 4.00 p.m. on 12th May 2021  Coming into force -  -  11th June 2021  The Minister for the Cabinet Office makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred  by sections 1(1)(a), 4(1)(c) and 5(1) of the Trade Act 2021( a ).  1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Public Procurement (Agreement on Government  Procurement) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 and come into force on 11th June 2021.  (2) The amendments made by these Regulations have the same extent as the provisions to which  they relate.  2. —(1) The Public Contracts Regulations 2015( b ) are amended as follows.  (2) In regulation 2 (definitions), in paragraph (1)—  (a) in the definition of “GPA”, for “between certain parties to the World Trade Organisation  signed in Marrakesh on 15th April 1994 as amended before IP completion day” substitute  “signed at Marrakesh on 15th April 1994, as amended on or before the United Kingdom’s  accession”;  Amendments to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015  AMENDMENT OF UNITED KINGDOM SECONDARY LEGISLATION  PART 2  Citation, commencement and extent  GENERAL  PART 1  ( a ) 2021 c. 10. See the definition of “appropriate authority” in section 5(1).  ( b ) S.I. 2015/102, as amended by S.I. 2016/275 and S.I. 2020/1319; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.  (b) after the definition of “GPA” insert—  ““GPA party” means any country, state or separate customs territory that is— 