SCHEDULE 6CONSEQUENTIAL AND MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS

PART 1Consequential amendments to Acts of Parliament

7.

(1)

Section 360 M1 (interpretation) is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (2)—

(a)

in the definition of “buyer profile” for “the public procurement regulations” substitute “ the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2006 or the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ”,

(b)

omit the definition of “the public procurement regulations”, and

(c)

insert in the appropriate place—

(i)

“ “contract notice” has the same meaning as in regulation 49 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015,”, and

(ii)

“ “prior information notice” has the same meaning as in regulation 48 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015,”.

(3)

In subsection (3)—

(a)

after “waste authority” insert “ in compliance with the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2006 ”,

(b)

omit paragraph (a) (and the “or” immediately following it), and

(c)

in paragraph (b) omit the words from “in a case” to “2006,”.

(4)

In subsection (4)—

(a)

after “waste authority” insert “ in compliance with the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2006 ”,

(b)

omit paragraph (a) (and the “or” immediately following it), and

(c)

omit the words from “in a case” to “2006,”.