Regulation 30 Amendment of Regulation (EU) No910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council

Regulation (EU) No910/2014^f1 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market and repealing Directive 1999/93/EC is amended as follows.

In Article 3 (definitions), for paragraphs (7) and (8), substitute—

“(7)

‘public sector body’ means a public authority, or a private entity mandated by a public authority to provide public services, when acting under such a mandate;

(8)

‘public authority’ means:

(a)

a public authority within the meaning of the Procurement Act 2023 (see section 2(2) of that Act) that is not an excluded authority within the meaning of section 2(5)(a) or (d)(i);

(b)

in respect of a devolved Scottish authority within the meaning of section 2(6) of the Procurement Act 2023, a contracting authority as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015;”.