21.—(1) The Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016 M1 are amended as set out below.
(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—
(a)after the definition of “economic operator”, insert—
““eIDAS Regulation” means Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market;”;
““electronic document” has the meaning given in Article 3(35) of the eIDAS Regulation;”;
(b)after the definition of “electronic means”, insert—
““electronic signature” has the meaning given in Article 3(10) of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the eIDAS Regulation;”; and
(c)after the definition of “Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations”, insert—
““qualified certificate for electronic signature” has the meaning given in Article 3(15) of the eIDAS Regulation;”.
(3) In regulation 38(18)(d) (rules applicable to communication), for the words “qualified certificate”, wherever they may occur, substitute “ qualified certificate for electronic signature ”.
(4) In regulation 38(19) (rules applicable to communication), for “Directive 1999/93/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Community framework for electronic signatures” substitute, “ the eIDAS Regulation ”.
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