{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/utilities-supply-and-works-contracts-regulations-1992/regulation-32",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1992/3279",
  "legislation_title": "The Utilities Supply and Works Contracts Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/utilities-supply-and-works-contracts-regulations-1992",
  "path": "regulation/32",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "32",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Public Works Contracts Regulations and the Public Supply Contracts Regulations",
  "text": "(1) The Public Works Contracts Regulations 1991 shall be amended by substituting—\n(a) for paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of regulation 6 the following paragraphs:\n“(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;\n(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;”;\n(b) in regulation 10(2)—\n(i) in subparagraph (a) where it first appears “(3)” for “(4)” and “restricted” for “negotiated”;\n(ii) in subparagraph (d) “(3)” for “(4)”;\n(iii) in subparagraph (g) “(4)” for “(5)”;\n(iv) in subparagraph (h) “(5)” for “(6)”;\n(c) in regulation 12(4) “contractor” for “supplier”;\n(d) in regulation 13—\n(i) in paragraph (1)(b) “11(7)” for “11(6)”;\n(ii) in paragraph (2) “2” for “3”;\n(e) in regulation 18 “16(1)(b)” for “17(1)(b)”;\n(f) in regulation 31(6) “paragraph (7)” for “paragraph (6)”; and\n(g) in paragraph 6(a) of Part D of Schedule 2 “requests to participate” for “tenders”.\n(2) The Public Supply Contracts Regulations 1991 shall be amended—\n(a) by substituting for paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of regulation 6 the following paragraphs:\n“(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;\n(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;”\n(b) by inserting in regulation 10(3)(e), “and not attributable to”, after the words “unforeseeable by”; and\n(c) by substituting in regulation 26(6) “has” for “had”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1991/2680."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1991/2679."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/1995/201",
      "affecting_title": "The Public Supply Contracts Regulations 1995"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/3279/regulation/32",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:08:00.631237+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."
}