2.—(1) The Greater London Authority Act 1999(1) is amended as follows.
(2) In section 355 (duties of waste collection authorities etc), in subsection (8)—
(a)in paragraph (b)—
(i)for “sends” substitute “submits”;
(ii)for “Publications Office of the European Union” substitute “UK e-notification service”;
(b)in paragraph (c), for “sends” substitute “submits”.
(3) In section 356 (directions by the Mayor), in subsection (3A)(b)—
(a)for “sent” substitute “submitted”;
(b)for “Publications Office of the European Union” substitute “UK e-notification service”.
(4) In section 358 (information about new waste contracts)—
(a)in subsection (1ZA)(a)—
(i)for “send” substitute “submit”;
(ii)for “Publications Office of the European Union” substitute “UK e-notification service”;
(b)in subsection (1A), in the words before paragraph (a) and in paragraph (a), for “send” substitute “submit”;
(c)in subsection (1BA)—
(i)in paragraph (a), for “send” substitute “submit”;
(ii)in paragraph (b)—
(aa)for “send” substitute “submit”;
(bb)for “Publications Office of the European Union” substitute “UK e-notification service”;
(d)in subsection (1C), in the words before paragraph (a) and in paragraph (a), for “send” substitute “submit”.
(5) In section 360 (interpretation of sections 353 to 359), in subsection (2), after the definition of “treatment” insert—
““the UK e-notification service” has the same meaning as in the Public Procurement Regulations”.
3.—(1) The Equality Act 2010(2) is amended as follows.
(2) In section 155 (power to impose specific duties: supplementary)—
(a)in subsection (2), for “Public Sector Directive” substitute “Public Contracts Regulations”;
(b)in subsection (3), for the definitions substitute—
““Public Contracts Regulations” means the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/102) or, in Scotland, the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/446), as amended from time to time;
“public procurement functions” means functions the exercise of which is regulated by Part 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/102) or by the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/446), as amended from time to time.””.
4.—(1) The Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012(3) is amended as follows.
(2) In section 1 (contracts of relevant authorities)—
(a)in subsection (2)(a), for “sending a notice to the Publications Office of the European Union” substitute “submitting a notice to the UK e-notification service”;
(b)in subsection (15), after the definition of “sub-central contracting authority” insert—
““the UK e-notification service” has the same meaning as in the Regulations (whether or not the Regulations apply)”.
1999 c. 29; sections 355(8), 356(3A) and 358(1ZA) and (1BA) were inserted by S.I. 2015/102 and amended by S.I. 2016/275; section 358(1A) and (1C) were respectively substituted and inserted by the Greater London Authority Act 2007 (c. 24), section 39(1) to (3) and amended by S.I. 2015/102.
2010 c. 15; section 155(3) was amended by S.I. 2016/275.
2012 c. 3; section 1(2)(a) was amended by S.I. 2015/102; in section 1(15), the definition of “sub-central contracting authority” was inserted by S.I. 2016/275.