SCHEDULETRANSITIONAL AND SAVINGS PROVISIONS

PART 1INTERPRETATION

Interpretation of Schedule1

1

In this Schedule—

  • “amendment” includes modification and revocation,

  • “the Procurement Regulations” means the following and, in relation to any procedure, means whichever of the following applies to that procedure—

    1. a

      the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2012,

    2. b

      the Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2012,

    3. c

      the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015,

    4. d

      the Concession Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016,

    5. e

      the Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016,

  • “the second commencement date” is defined by paragraph 10,

  • “steady state amendments” is defined by paragraph 2.

2

In this Schedule, the following have the same meaning as in the Procurement Regulations—

a

contracting authority,

b

design contest,

c

dynamic purchasing system,

d

economic operator,

e

framework agreement,

f

notices on the existence of a qualification system

g

periodic indicative notice,

h

prior information notice,

i

utility,

j

voluntary ex ante transparency notice.

3

None of the savings in this Schedule imply any limitation of the scope of any of the other savings in this Schedule.