SCHEDULE 6CONSEQUENTIAL AND MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS

PART 2Consequential and miscellaneous amendments to other legislation

Utilities Contracts Regulations 200615

1

The Utilities Contracts Regulations 2006 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 2, in the definition of “contracting authority” for “regulation 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006” substitute “ regulation 2(1) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ”.

3

In regulation 3(2) for the definition of “local authority” substitute—

“local authority” means—

  1. a

    in relation to a local authority in England—

    1. i

      a county council, a district council, a London borough council, a parish council, the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

    2. ii

      the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as local authority or police authority; or

    3. iii

      the Greater London Authority or a functional body within the meaning of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 M1;

  2. b

    in relation to a local authority in Wales, a county council, a county borough council or a community council;

  3. c

    in relation to Scotland, a local authority within the meaning of section 235(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 M2 and also includes a joint board or joint committee within the meaning of section 235(1) of that Act;

  4. d

    in relation to a local authority in Northern Ireland, a district council within the meaning of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 M3.

4

In regulations 5 and 21 for “the Public Contracts Regulations 2006”, in each place it occurs, substitute “ Part 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ”.