- Latest available (Revised)
- Original (As made)
The Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2006
You are here:
- Scottish Statutory Instruments
- 2006 No. 2
- PART 8
- Regulation 40
What Version
Advanced Features
- Show Geographical Extent(e.g. England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland)
- Show Timeline of Changes
More Resources
Changes to legislation:
There are outstanding changes not yet made by the legislation.gov.uk editorial team to The Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2006. Any changes that have already been made by the team appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
Changes to Legislation
Revised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. Changes and effects are recorded by our editorial team in lists which can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area. Where those effects have yet to be applied to the text of the legislation by the editorial team they are also listed alongside the legislation in the affected provisions. Use the ‘more’ link to open the changes and effects relevant to the provision you are viewing.
Changes and effects yet to be applied to Regulation 40:
- Regulations revoked by S.S.I. 2012/89 reg. 48 Sch. 5 Pt. A
- Blanket amendment words substituted by S.I. 2011/1043 art. 3-6 8-10
- reg. 6(p) inserted by S.I. 2011/1848 Sch. 4 para. 4(4)
- Part 9 (regs 45 - 46) appl (mod) by S.S.I. 2010/390 reg 6
- reg. 34(5)(e)(iii)(aa) words substituted by S.I. 2011/2053 reg. 30(2)(d)
- regs 45A - 45C added (with transtl provns) by S.S.I. 2009/428 regs 4 5
- 19 am (with transtl provns) by S.S.I. 2009/428 regs 4 5
Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Instrument associated Parts and Chapters:
- Blanket amendment words substituted by S.I. 2011/1043 art. 3-6 8-10
Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Instrument (including any effects on those provisions):
- Regulations revoked by S.S.I. 2012/89 reg. 48 Sch. 5 Pt. A
- reg. 6(p) inserted by S.I. 2011/1848 Sch. 4 para. 4(4)
- reg. 34(5)(e)(iii)(aa) words substituted by S.I. 2011/2053 reg. 30(2)(d)
- regs 45A - 45C added (with transtl provns) by S.S.I. 2009/428 regs 4 5
Publication of noticesS
This section has no associated Executive Note
40.—(1) Any notice required by these Regulations to be sent to the Official Journal shall be–
(a)in the correct format and contain the necessary information specified by Commission Regulation EC (No. 1564/2005) and contain any other information which the utility considers useful; and
(b)sent to the Office for Official Publications of the European Union by electronic means in the format and in accordance with the procedures specified in paragraph (3) of Annex XX to the Utilities Directive or by other means.
(2) Where a notice is not sent by electronic means in accordance with paragraph (1)(b), the utility may in exceptional cases request the Official Journal to publish a contract notice within 5 days of the date of despatch, provided that the notice is sent to the Official Journal by facsimile.
(3) The utility shall not place a notice in any publication–
(a)before the date on which the notice is despatched in accordance with paragraph (1)(b); or
(b)which contains any additional information to that contained in the notice despatched in accordance with paragraph (1)(b) or published on the utility's buyer profile in accordance with regulation 15.
(4) The utility shall refer in the notice to the date of despatch of that notice to the Official Journal or the date of its publication on its buyer profile where it publishes a notice in the circumstances referred to in paragraph (3).
(5) A utility shall not publish a periodic indicative notice on its buyer profile before the date on which notice of its publication in that form is despatched to the Commission in accordance with regulation 15(3) and the utility shall refer to the date of that despatch on its buyer profile.
(6) A utility shall retain evidence of the date of despatch to the Official Journal of each notice.
(7) When a utility is not required to publish a contract notice in respect of a particular contract, it may nevertheless publish such a notice in accordance with the provisions of this regulation.
Options/Help
Print Options
PrintThe Whole Instrument
PrintThe Whole Part
PrintThis Section only
Legislation is available in different versions:
Latest Available (revised):The latest available updated version of the legislation incorporating changes made by subsequent legislation and applied by our editorial team. Changes we have not yet applied to the text, can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area.
Original (As Enacted or Made): The original version of the legislation as it stood when it was enacted or made. No changes have been applied to the text.
See additional information alongside the content
Geographical Extent: Indicates the geographical area that this provision applies to. For further information see ‘Frequently Asked Questions’.
Show Timeline of Changes: See how this legislation has or could change over time. Turning this feature on will show extra navigation options to go to these specific points in time. Return to the latest available version by using the controls above in the What Version box.
Opening Options
Different options to open legislation in order to view more content on screen at once
Executive Note
Executive Note sets out a brief statement of the purpose of a Scottish Statutory Instrument and provides information about its policy objective and policy implications. They aim to make the Scottish Statutory Instrument accessible to readers who are not legally qualified and accompany any Scottish Statutory Instrument or Draft Scottish Statutory Instrument laid before the Scottish Parliament from July 2005 onwards.
More Resources
Access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item from this tab. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:
- the original print PDF of the as enacted version that was used for the print copy
- lists of changes made by and/or affecting this legislation item
- confers power and blanket amendment details
- all formats of all associated documents
- correction slips
- links to related legislation and further information resources
Timeline of Changes
This timeline shows the different points in time where a change occurred. The dates will coincide with the earliest date on which the change (e.g an insertion, a repeal or a substitution) that was applied came into force. The first date in the timeline will usually be the earliest date when the provision came into force. In some cases the first date is 01/02/1991 (or for Northern Ireland legislation 01/01/2006). This date is our basedate. No versions before this date are available. For further information see the Editorial Practice Guide and Glossary under Help.
More Resources
Use this menu to access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:
- the original print PDF of the as made version that was used for the print copy
- correction slips
Click 'View More' or select 'More Resources' tab for additional information including:
- lists of changes made by and/or affecting this legislation item
- confers power and blanket amendment details
- all formats of all associated documents
- links to related legislation and further information resources
All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated. This site additionally contains content derived from EUR-Lex, reused under the terms of the Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of documents from the EU institutions. For more information see the EUR-Lex public statement on re-use.