SCHEDULE 6CONSEQUENTIAL AND MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS
PART 1Consequential amendments to Acts of Parliament
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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.