Regulation 32 Amendment of the Public Works Contracts Regulations and the Public Supply Contracts Regulations

(1)

The Public Works Contracts Regulations 1991^f1 shall be amended by substituting—

(a)

for paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of regulation 6 the following paragraphs:

“(a)

for the purpose of carrying out an activity specified in the second column of Schedule 1 to the Utilities Supply and Works Contracts Regulations 1992, other than an activity specified in paragraphs 2 or 3 thereof;

(b)

when a contracting authority exercises the activity specified in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Utilities Supply and Works Contracts Regulations 1992, for the purpose of carrying out an activity specified in paragraph 2 or 3 thereof;”;

(b)

in regulation 10(2)—

(i)

in subparagraph (a) where it first appears “(3)” for “(4)” and “restricted” for “negotiated”;

(ii)

in subparagraph (d) “(3)” for “(4)”;

(iii)

in subparagraph (g) “(4)” for “(5)”;

(iv)

in subparagraph (h) “(5)” for “(6)”;

(c)

in regulation 12(4) “contractor” for “supplier”;

(d)

in regulation 13—

(i)

in paragraph (1)(b) “11(7)” for “11(6)”;

(ii)

in paragraph (2) “2” for “3”;

(e)

in regulation 18 “16(1)(b)” for “17(1)(b)”;

(f)

in regulation 31(6) “paragraph (7)” for “paragraph (6)”; and

(g)

in paragraph 6(a) of Part D of Schedule 2 “requests to participate” for “tenders”.

(2)

The Public Supply Contracts Regulations 1991^f2 shall be amended—

(a)

by substituting for paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of regulation 6 the following paragraphs:

“(a)

for the purpose of carrying out an activity specified in the second column of Schedule 1 to the Utilities Supply and Works Contracts Regulations 1992 other than an activity specified in paragraph 2 or 3 thereof;

(b)

when a contracting authority exercises the activity specified in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Utilities Supply and Works Contracts Regulations 1992 for the purpose of carrying out an activity specified in paragraph 2 or 3 thereof;”

(b)

by inserting in regulation 10(3)(e), “and not attributable to”, after the words “unforeseeable by”; and

(c)

by substituting in regulation 26(6) “has” for “had”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1991/2680.
f2: S.I. 1991/2679.