1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016.
(2) Except for the provisions mentioned in paragraphs (3) and (4), these Regulations come into force on 18th April 2016.
(3) Paragraphs (1) to (7) of regulation 40 come into force—
(a)for the purposes of regulations 45(6), 52(13), 54(4), 73(4) and 124(2)(a) on 18th April 2016
(b)for the purposes of regulation 55(7), on 18th April 2017;
(c)for all other purposes, on 18th October 2018.
(4) Regulation 55(7) comes into force on 18th April 2017.
(5) These Regulations do not extend to Scotland.