{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-contracts-and-utilities-contracts-scotland-amendment-regulations-2008/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2008/94",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Contracts and Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-contracts-and-utilities-contracts-scotland-amendment-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Utilities Contracts Regulations",
  "text": "(1) The Utilities Contracts Regulations are amended as follows.\n(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “central purchasing body”, for “a utility which is a contracting authority and”, substitute “ a contracting authority ”.\n(3) In regulation 5(1) (application) for “Subject to regulation 11(20), these Regulations” substitute “ These Regulations ”.\n(4) In regulation 7(4) (exclusion of contracts awarded to affiliated undertakings or joint ventures) for “may” substitute “ shall ”.\n(5) In regulation 11 (thresholds)–\n(a) in paragraph (1) after “These Regulations” insert “ , except paragraph (20) of this regulation, ”; and\n(b) in paragraph (20) after “advertising” insert “ and follow a procedure leading to the award of the contract ”.\n(6) In regulation 34 (design contests)–\n(a) in paragraph (2), for “the relevant threshold described in paragraph (4)” substitute “ the amount set out in Article 61(1) ”;\n(b) in paragraph (3)(b), for “the relevant threshold described in paragraph (4)” substitute “ the amount set out in Article 61(2). ”; and\n(c) omit paragraph (4).\n(7) In regulation 38(4) (statistical and other reports), for sub-paragraph (b) substitute–\n“(b) telecommunications services specified under CPV references 64221000-1, 64227000-3, 64228000-0, 64228100-1 and 64228200-2 within category 5 of Part A of Schedule 3; or”.\n(8) In Schedule 4 (extension to non-member states), in the table, omit the entries for Bulgaria and Romania.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2008/94/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:08:12.413548+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}