Amendments to the Utilities Contracts Regulations 20165.

(1)

The Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 16 (threshold amounts), in paragraph 1—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (a), for “£378,660” substitute “£426,955”;

(b)

in sub-paragraph (b), for “£4,733,252” substitute “£5,336,937”.

(3)

For “net”, where it occurs in the following places, substitute “inclusive”—

(a)

regulation 16(1);

(b)

in regulation 17 (methods for valuing the estimate value of the procurement)—

(i)

paragraph (1);

(ii)

paragraph (8);

(iii)

paragraph (9);

(iv)

paragraph (14);

(c)

in regulation 94 (scope of Chapter 2)—

(i)

sub-paragraph (a);

(ii)

sub-paragraph (b).