SCHEDULE 6CONSEQUENTIAL AND MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS

PART 1Consequential amendments to Acts of Parliament

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1

Section 356 (directions by the Mayor) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (3)(a) for “the public procurement regulations” substitute “ the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2006 ”.

3

After subsection (3) insert—

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The Mayor may not give to an authority a direction under subsection (1) above requiring the authority to exercise a function in relation to the awarding of a waste contract if—

a

the authority is required to comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 in awarding that contract, and

b

in compliance with those regulations the authority has sent the contract notice relating to the awarding of that contract to the Publications Office of the European Union.