The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015

Regulation 2(1)

SCHEDULE 1 CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES

This Schedule transposes Annex I to the Directive by listing relevant domestic central government authorities for the purposes of the definition of “central government authorities” in regulation 2(1).

Where an entity listed in this Schedule is succeeded by another entity, which is itself a contracting authority, the successor entity shall be deemed to be included in this Schedule.

• Cabinet Office

  • Office of the Parliamentary Counsel

  • Crown Commercial Service

• Charity Commission

• Crown Estate Commissioners (Vote Expenditure Only)

• Crown Prosecution Service

• Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

  • Competition and Markets Authority

  • Higher Education Funding Council for England

  • Intellectual Property Office

  • Met Office

  • National Measurement Office

  • Office of Manpower Economics

• Department of Communities and Local Government

  • Rent Assessment Panels

• Department for Culture, Media and Sport

  • British Library

  • British Museum

  • Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment

  • The Gambling Commission

  • Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England (English Heritage)

  • Imperial War Museum

  • Museums, Libraries and Archives Council

  • National Gallery

  • National Maritime Museum

  • National Portrait Gallery

  • Natural History Museum

  • Science Museum

  • Tate Gallery

  • Victoria and Albert Museum

  • Wallace Collection

• Department for Education

• Department for Energy and Climate Change

• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  • Agricultural Dwelling House Advisory Committees

  • Agricultural Land Tribunals

  • Cattle Breeding Centre

  • Countryside Agency

  • Plant Variety Rights Office

  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

  • Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution

• Department of Health

  • NHS Business Services Authority

  • NHS Trusts

• Department for International Development

• Department of the Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor

  • Legal Secretariat to the Law Officers

• Department for Transport

  • Maritime and Coastguard Agency

• Department for Work and Pensions

  • Health and Safety Executive

  • Independent Tribunal Service

  • Industrial Injuries Advisory Council

  • Medical Boards and Examining Medical Officers (War Pensions)

  • Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority

  • Pensions Ombudsman

  • Pensions Protection Fund Ombudsman

  • Regional Medical Service

  • Social Security Advisory Committee

• Foreign and Commonwealth Office

  • Wilton Park Conference Centre

• Government Actuary’s Department

• GCHQ

• Home Office

  • HM Inspectorate of Constabulary

• House of Commons

• House of Lords

  • Ministry of Defence

  • Defence Equipment & Support

  • Defence Infrastructure Organisation

  • Defence Science and Technology Laboratories

• Ministry of Justice

  • Boundary Commission for England

  • Combined Tax Tribunal

  • Council on Tribunals

  • Court of Appeal — Criminal

  • Employment Appeals Tribunal

  • Employment Tribunals

  • HMCS Regions, Crown, County and Combined Courts (England and Wales)

  • Immigration Appellate Authorities

  • Immigration Adjudicators

  • Immigration Appeals Tribunal

  • Lands Tribunal

  • Law Commission

  • Legal Aid Agency (England and Wales)

  • Office of the Social Security Commissioners

  • Parole Board and Local Review Committees

  • Pensions Appeal Tribunals

  • Public Trust Office

  • Supreme Court Group (England and Wales)

  • Transport Tribunal

• The National Archives

• National Audit Office

• National Savings and Investments

• Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland

• Office of Fair Trading

• Office for National Statistics

  • National Health Service Central Register

• Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman

• Paymaster General’s Office

• Privy Council Office

• HM Revenue and Customs

• Royal Hospital, Chelsea

• Royal Mint

• Rural Payments Agency

• HM Treasury

  • United Kingdom Debt Management Office

• Northern Ireland, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

  • Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute

  • Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland

  • Northern Ireland Fishery Harbour Authority

• Northern Ireland, Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure

• Armagh Observatory

  • Armagh Planetarium

  • Arts Council of Northern Ireland

  • Northern Ireland Library Authority

  • Northern Ireland Screen

  • Northern Ireland Museums Council

  • National Museums Northern Ireland

  • Sport NI

• Northern Ireland, Department of Education

  • Council for Catholic Maintained Schools

  • Comhairle na Gaelscolaiochta

  • Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment

  • Education and Library Boards

  • Exceptional Circumstances Body

  • General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland

  • Middletown Centre for Autism

  • Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education

  • Staff Commission for Education and Library Boards

  • Youth Council for Northern Ireland

• Northern Ireland, Department for Employment and Learning

  • Belfast Metropolitan College

  • Construction Industry Training Board – ConstructionSkills NI

  • Labour Relations Agency

  • Northern Regional College

  • North West Regional College

  • South Eastern Regional College

  • Southern Regional College

  • South West College

  • Stranmillis University College

  • Ulster Supported Employment Limited

• Northern Ireland, Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment

  • Consumer Council for Northern Ireland

  • Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland

  • Invest Northern Ireland

  • Northern Ireland Tourist Board

• Northern Ireland, Department of the Environment

  • Northern Ireland Local Government Officers’ Superannuation Committee

  • Local Government Staff Commission

  • Northern Ireland Environment Agency

• Northern Ireland, Department of Finance and Personnel

  • Northern Ireland Building Regulations Advisory Committee

  • Statistics Advisory Committee

  • Public service Commission for Northern Ireland

  • Lay Observer for Northern Ireland

• Northern Ireland, Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

  • Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

  • Regional Business Services Organisation

  • Regional Health and Social Care Board

  • Northern Health and Social Care Trust

  • Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Trust

  • Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service

  • Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service

  • Northern Ireland Guardian Ad Litem Agency

  • Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency

  • Northern Ireland Practice and Education Council for Nursing and Midwifery

  • Northern Ireland Social Care Council

  • Patient and Client Council

  • Regional Agency for Public Health and Social Well Being

  • Health and Social care Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority

  • South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust

  • Southern Health and Social Care Trust

  • Western Health and Social Care Trust

• Northern Ireland, Department of Justice

  • Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice

  • Northern Ireland Law Commission

  • Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission

  • Northern Ireland Policing Board

  • Northern Ireland Policing Fund

  • Northern Ireland Prisoner Ombudsman

  • Probation Board for Northern Ireland

  • Police Ombudsman Northern Ireland

  • Police Retraining and Rehabilitation Trust

  • Police Service of Northern Ireland

  • RUC George Cross Foundation

• Northern Ireland, Department for Regional Development

• Northern Ireland, Department for Social Development

  • Northern Ireland Housing Executive

  • The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland

• Northern Ireland, Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister

  • Attorney General for Northern Ireland

  • Commissioner for Children and Young People for Northern Ireland

  • Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland

  • Commissioner for Public Appointments for Northern Ireland

  • Commissioner for Victims and Survivors

  • Community Relations Council

  • Equality Commission for Northern Ireland

  • ILEX Urban Regeneration Company Limited

  • Maze Long Kesh Development Corporation

  • Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission

  • Strategic Investment Board

  • Planning and Water Appeals Commission

  • Victims and Survivors Service Ltd

• Scotland, Auditor-General

• Scotland, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service

• Scotland, Queen’s and Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer

• Scotland, Registers of Scotland

• The Scotland Office

• The Scottish Ministers

  • Architecture and Design Scotland

  • Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service

  • Court of Session

  • Crofting Commission

  • Food Standards Scotland

  • Health Boards

  • Health Improvement Scotland

  • Health and Social Care Partnerships

  • High Court of Justiciary

  • Historic Environment Scotland

  • HM Inspectorate of Constabulary

  • Integration Joint Boards

  • Keeper of the Records of Scotland

  • Keeper of the Registers of Scotland

  • Lands Tribunal for Scotland

  • National Galleries of Scotland

  • National Library of Scotland

  • National Museums of Scotland

  • National Records of Scotland

  • Parole Board for Scotland

  • Pensions Appeal Tribunals

  • Revenue Scotland

  • Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh

  • Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service

  • Scottish Fire and Rescue Service

  • Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council

  • Scottish Land Court

  • Scottish Law Commission

  • Scottish Natural Heritage

  • Sheriff Courts

  • Scottish Police Authority

  • Special Health Boards

  • The Office of the Accountant of Court

  • The Private Rented Housing Panel and Private Rented Housing Committees

• The Scottish Parliamentary Body Corporate

• UK Export Finance

• The Wales Assembly Parliamentary Service

• Welsh Language Commissioner

• The Wales Office (Office of the Secretary of State for Wales)

• The Welsh Ministers

  • Arts Council of Wales

  • Care Council for Wales

  • Higher Education Funding Council Wales

  • Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales

  • National Museum Wales

  • National Library of Wales

  • Natural Resources Wales

  • Rent Assessment Committees

  • Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales

  • Sport Wales

• Welsh NHS Bodies