# The Utilities Contracts Regulations 1996, Regulation 35: Amendment of the Public Works Contracts Regulations, Public Services Contracts Regulations and the Public Supply Contracts Regulations


(1) The Public Works Contracts Regulations 1991 shall be amended—
(a) in regulation 2(1), by substituting the following definition for the definition of “relevant State”—
““relevant State” has the meaning ascribed to it by regulation 4;”;
(b) in regulation 4(1)(b), by inserting at the end the following words—
“or a State for the time being specified in Schedule 2 to the Utilities Contracts Regulations 1996”;
(c) in regulation 6, by substituting for paragraphs (a) and (b) the following paragraph—
“(a) where the contracting authority is a utility within the meaning of regulation 3 of the Utilities Contracts Regulations 1996 and the services to be provided under it are for the purposes of carrying out an activity specified in any Part of Schedule 1 to those Regulations in which the utility is specified;”.
(2) The Public Services Contracts Regulations 1993 shall be amended—
(a) in regulation 2(1),
(i) in the definition of a “public services contract”, by substituting for paragraph (d) the following paragraph—
“(d) any contract where the contracting authority is a utility within the meaning of regulation 3 of the Utilities Contracts Regulations 1996 and the services to be provided under it are for the purposes of carrying out an activity specified in any Part of Schedule 1 to those Regulations in which the utility is specified;”
(ii) by substituting the following definition for the definition of “relevant State”—
““relevant State” has the meaning ascribed to it by regulation 4;”;
(b) in regulation 4(1)(b), by inserting at the end the following words—
“or a State for the time being specified in Schedule 2 to the Utilities Contracts Regulations 1996”; and
(c) in regulation 29(4), by inserting the words “and design contest notice” after the words “contract notice” and at the end the words “on or after that date”.
(3) The Public Supply Contracts Regulations 1995 shall be amended—
(a) in regulation 2(1), by substituting the following definition for the definition of “relevant State”—
““relevant State” has the meaning ascribed to it by regulation 4;”; and
(b) in regulation 4(1)(b), by inserting at the end the following words—
“or a State for the time being specified in Schedule 2 to the Utilities Contracts Regulations 1996”;
(c) in regulation 6, by substituting for paragraphs (a) and (b) the following paragraphs—
“(a) where the contracting authority is a utility within the meaning of regulation 3 of the Utilities Contracts Regulations 1996 and the services to be provided under it are for the purposes of carrying out an activity specified in any Part of Schedule 1 to those Regulations in which the utility is specified;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2911/regulation/35 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/utilities-contracts-regulations-1996/regulation-35
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