27. For article 3(1)(j) substitute—
“(j)any question asked by or on behalf of a contracting authority or utility in relation to a conviction for an offence listed in regulation 57(1) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or regulation 38(8) of the Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 which is a spent conviction (or any circumstances ancillary to such a conviction) for the purpose of determining whether or not a person is excluded—
(i)for the purposes of regulation 57 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015,
(ii)from participation in a design contest for the purposes of regulation 80 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015,
(iii)for the purposes of regulation 80 of the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016,
(iv)from participation in a design contest for the purposes of regulation 96 of the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016, or
(v)for the purposes of regulation 38 of the Concession Contracts Regulations 2016,
where the person questioned is informed at the time the question is asked that, by virtue of this Order, spent convictions for such offences are to be disclosed;”.