# The Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016, Regulation 66: Notices on the existence of a qualification system

Extent: S

(1) This regulation applies where a utility chooses to set up a qualification system in accordance with regulation 75 (qualification systems).
(2) The qualification system must be the subject of a notice ..., indicating the purpose of the qualification system and how to have access to the rules concerning its operation.
(2A) Such a notice must include the information set out in Annex X to the Utilities Contracts Directive, but as if, in paragraph 10, “Article 82” were a reference to regulation 80 of these Regulations.
(3) The utility must—
(a) indicate the period of validity of the qualification system in the notice on the existence of the system; and
(b) give notice of any change in the period of validity.
(4) The notification in paragraph (3)(b) must be made by submitting to the UK e-notification service—
(a) where the period of validity is changed without terminating the system, a notice on the existence of qualification systems; and
(b) where the system is terminated, a contract award notice referred to in regulation 68 (contract award notices).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2016/49/regulation/66 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/utilities-contracts-scotland-regulations-2016/regulation-66
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