Regulation 4 Amendment of the Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016I1

Scotland

(1)

The Utilities Regulations^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 15 (thresholds), in paragraph (1)—

(a)

for “not including VAT” substitute “inclusive of VAT, where appropriate”,

(b)

in sub-paragraph (a), for “£378,660” substitute “F1£426,955”,

(c)

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

(3)

In regulation 16 (methods for calculating the estimated value), in paragraph (1) for “not including VAT” substitute “inclusive of VAT, where appropriate”.

(4)

In regulation 91 (scope of chapter), in heads (a) and (b) in each place it occurs, for “net of VAT” substitute “inclusive of VAT, where appropriate”.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sum in reg. 4(2)(b) substituted (31.12.2021) by The Public Procurement (Agreement on Government Procurement) (Thresholds etc.) (Amendment) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/424), regs. 1(2), 2(3)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 4 in force at 1.1.2022, see reg. 1(2)

Footnotes

f1: S.S.I. 2016/49 as amended by regulation 6(6) and (7) of the 2020 Regulations.