The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

CHAPTER 4 AMENDMENT OF OTHER SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION

The Public Contracts Regulations 2006

11.—(1) To the extent that the Public Contracts Regulations 2006(1) (“the 2006 Regulations”) continue to have prospective effect, their effect is modified as follows.

(2) The 2006 Regulations have prospective effect as if—

(a) all references in them to a “member State” continued to include the United Kingdom;

(b) all requirements to send any notice to the Official Journal of the European Union were instead a requirement to submit the notice to the UK e-notification service for publication;

(c) all provisions relating or referring to such a requirement, or to the publication of such a notice in that Journal, were instead references to that requirement as modified by sub-paragraph (b) and to the publication of that notice on the UK e-notification service;

(d) in regulation 9(5) (which provides for the definition of certain technical specifications), the words “and to the extent that those provisions are compatible with EU obligations” were omitted;

(e) regulation 14(2) (which requires certain reports to be supplied to the European Commission on request) were omitted;

(f) in regulation 25(4)(a) (which provides for evidence of certain environmental management measures)—

(i) in paragraph (i), sub-paragraph (aa) were omitted; and

(ii) in paragraph (ii), the words “conforming to EU law or” were omitted;

(g) regulation 30(7)(e), (8) and (9) (which relate to State aid) were omitted;

(h) regulation 32(16) (which provides for the provision of certain reports requested by the European Commission) were omitted;

(i) regulation 40(2) (which requires certain information to be provided for the European Commission) were omitted;

(j) in regulation 47A(1)(a)(ii) (which makes compliance with certain obligations a duty owed to economic operators), the words “any enforceable EU obligation” referred instead to any retained EU obligation that is enforceable by virtue of section 4 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.

(3) In paragraph (2)(b) and (c), “the UK e-notification service” has the meaning given by regulation 51(5) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, and regulation 51(6)(a) and (7) of those Regulations apply for the purposes of the 2006 Regulations as modified by paragraph 2(b) and (c).

(4) Where—

(a) immediately before exit day, a procurement has been commenced,

(b) on or after exit day, a contract is awarded or any other act is done, pursuant to that procurement, and

(c) that award or other act would, if it had occurred before exit day, have been covered by an exemption from requirements of the 2006 Regulations by virtue of any provision in those Regulations,

that award or other act is covered by that exemption on and after exit day regardless of whether the terms used to define that exemption in the 2006 Regulations would otherwise have been apt to continue to achieve that effect on and after exit day.

(5) Paragraph 1 of the Schedule to these Regulations applies for the purposes of paragraph (4) of this regulation as it applies for the purposes of the Schedule.

The Utilities Contracts Regulations 2006

12.—(1) To the extent that the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2006(2) (“the 2006 Regulations”) continue to have prospective effect, their effect is modified as follows.

(2) The 2006 Regulations have prospective effect as if—

(a) all references in them to a “member State” continued to include the United Kingdom;

(b) all requirements to send any notice to the Official Journal of the European Union were instead a requirement to submit the notice to the UK e-notification service for publication;

(c) all provisions relating or referring to such a requirement, or to the publication of such a notice in that Journal, were instead references to that requirement as modified by sub-paragraph (b) and to the publication of that notice on the UK e-notification service;

(d) in regulation 4(3) (which imposes certain duties on utilities in relation to the treatment of economic operators), the words “(in accordance with Article 10 of the Utilities Directive)” were omitted;

(e) regulation 7(7) (which relates to information requested by the European Commission) were omitted;

(f) in regulation 8(3) (which provides for certain information to be sent to or for the European Commission)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a), the words from “5,000,000 euro” in the words before sub-paragraph (i) to the end of paragraph (xiii) read “£4,101,850, submit, within 48 days of the award, a contract award notice to the UK e-notification service for publication, containing the information referred to in regulation 70(2)(a) of the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (b)—

(aa) “400,000 euro” read “£328,150”;

(bb) “5,000,000 euro” read “£4,101,850”;

(cc) paragraph (ii) read as follows—

“(ii) if the Minister requests that information in relation to any such contract, forthwith send it to the Minister;”;

(g) in regulation 12(5) (which provides for the definition of certain technical specifications), the words “and to the extent that those requirements are compatible with EU obligations” were omitted;

(h) in regulation 24(3)(a) (which provides for evidence of certain environmental management measures)—

(i) in paragraph (i), sub-paragraph (aa) were omitted; and

(ii) in paragraph (ii), the words “conforming to EU law or” were omitted;

(i) regulation 30(7)(e), (8) and (9) (which relate to State aid) were omitted;

(j) in regulation 31(2) (which provides for determining the country of origin of goods for certain purposes), the words from “in accordance” to “Code” read “as it would be determined for the purposes of Part 1 of the Taxation (Cross-Border Trade) Act 2018 if the products were chargeable goods within the meaning of that Part”;

(k) regulation 38(2) (which provides for the provision of certain reports requested by the European Commission) were omitted;

(l) regulation 39(6) (which makes provision about reports for onward transmission to the European Commission) were omitted;

(m) in regulation 45A(1)(b) (which makes compliance with certain obligations a duty owed to economic operators), the words “any enforceable EU obligation” referred instead to any retained EU obligation that is enforceable by virtue of section 4 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.

(3) In paragraph (2)(b), (c) and (f), “the UK e-notification service” has the meaning given by regulation 51(5) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, and regulation 51(6)(a) and (7) of those Regulations apply for the purposes of the 2006 Regulations as modified by paragraph 2(b), (c) and (f).

(4) Where—

(a) immediately before exit day, a procurement has been commenced,

(b) on or after exit day, a contract is awarded or any other act is done, pursuant to that procurement, and

(c) that award or other act would, if it had occurred before exit day, have been covered by an exemption from requirements of the 2006 Regulations by virtue of any provision in those Regulations,

that award or other act is covered by that exemption on and after exit day regardless of whether the terms used to define that exemption in the 2006 Regulations would otherwise have been apt to continue to achieve that effect on and after exit day.

(5) Paragraph 1 of the Schedule to these Regulations applies for the purposes of paragraph (4) of this regulation as it applies for the purposes of the Schedule.

The Service Charges (Consultation Requirements) (England) Regulations 2003

13.—(1) The Service Charges (Consultation Requirements) (England) Regulations 2003(3) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1), in the definition of “public notice”, for the words from “published” to the end substitute “published, pursuant to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, on the UK e-notification service (as defined by those Regulations)”.

The Provision of Services Regulations 2009

14.—(1) The Provision of Services Regulations 2009(4) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 31 (certificates and other documents), in paragraph (5)(g), omit “(read with regulation 58(5))”.

The Water Industry (Specified Infrastructure Projects) (English Undertakers) Regulations 2013

15.—(1) The Water Industry (Specified Infrastructure Projects) (English Undertakers) Regulations 2013(5) are amended as follows.

(2) In Schedule 2 (application of the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016), in Part 1, in the entry relating to regulation 99 (information and documentation requirements), in the second column—

(a) for ““the Commission”, in the first place it occurs,” substitute ““the Minister for the Cabinet Office” in sub-paragraph (a)”;

(b) for “, in the second place it occurs,” substitute “as if the subsequent reference to “the Minister” in sub-paragraph (a)”;

(c) for “(3), (8) and (9)” substitute “(3) and (7)(b) and (c).”

(1)

S.I. 2006/5. The Regulations were revoked by S.I. 2015/102 but subject to savings. Before being revoked, the Regulations had been amended by S.I. 2007/3542, 2008/2256, 2683, 2848, 2009/1307, 2992, 2010/133, 976, 2011/1043, 1848, 2053, 2581, 3058, 2013/252, 1431, 2014/834 and by the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), Schedule 20, paragraph 2.

(2)

S.I. 2006/6. The Regulations were revoked by S.I. 2016/274 but subject to savings. Before being revoked, the Regulations had been amended by S.I. 2007/2157, 3542, 2008/2256, 2848, 2009/3100, 2011/1043, 1441, 2053, 1848, 2012/1659, 2013/610, 2015/102.

(3)

S.1. 2003/1987, amended by S.I. 2006/5, 2015/102; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

(4)

S.I. 2009/2999, amended by S.I. 2015/102; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

(5)

S.I. 2013/1582, amended by S.I. 2016/275; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.