The Public Contracts Regulations 2006

Regulation 2(1)

SCHEDULE 1 GPA ANNEX 1 CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES

Where an entity listed in this Schedule is succeeded by another entity, which is itself a contracting authority, the successor entity shall be deemed to be included in this Schedule.

• Cabinet Office

  • Office of the Parliamentary Counsel

  • National School of Government

• Central Office of Information

• Charity Commission

• Department for Constitutional Affairs

  • Boundary Commission for England

  • Circuit Offices and Crown, County and Combined Courts (England and Wales)

  • Combined Tax Tribunal

  • Council on Tribunals

  • Court of Appeal Criminal

  • Immigration Appellate Authorities

  • Immigration Adjudicators

  • Immigration Appeals Tribunal

  • Lands Tribunal

  • Law Commission

  • Legal Aid Fund (England and Wales)

  • Office of the Social Security Commissioners

  • Pensions Appeal Tribunals

  • Public Trust Office

  • Supreme Court Group (England and Wales)

  • Transport Tribunal

• Department for Culture, Media and Sport

  • British Library

  • British Museum

  • Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment

  • The Gambling Commission

  • Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England (English Heritage)

  • Imperial War Museum

  • Museums, Libraries and Archives Council

  • National Gallery

  • National Maritime Museum

  • National Portrait Gallery

  • National History Museum

  • Science Museum

  • Tate Gallery

  • Victoria and Albert Museum

  • Wallace Collection

• Crown Prosecution Service

• Crown Estate Commissioners (Vote Expenditure Only)

• Department for Education and Skills

  • Higher Education Funding Council for England

• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  • Agricultural Dwelling House Advisory Committees

  • Agricultural Land Tribunals

  • Agricultural Wages Board and Committees

  • Cattle Breeding Centre

  • Countryside Agency

  • Plant Variety Rights Office

  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

  • Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution

• Department of Health

  • Dental Practice Board

  • National Health Service Strategic Health Authorities

  • NHS Trusts

  • Prescription Pricing Authority

• Department for International Development

• Department of the Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor

  • Legal Secretariat to the Law Officers

• Department of Trade and Industry

  • Central Transport Consultative Committees

  • Competition Commission

  • Electricity Committees

  • Employment Appeal Tribunal

  • Employment Tribunals

  • Gas Consumers' Council

  • National Weights and Measures Laboratory

  • Office of Manpower Economics

  • Patent Office

• Department for Transport

  • Maritime and Coastguard Agency

• Department for Work and Pensions

  • Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board

  • Independent Tribunal Service

  • Medical Boards and Examining Medical Officers (War Pensions)

  • Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority

  • Regional Medical Service

  • Social Security Advisory Committee

• Export Credits Guarantee Department

• Foreign and Commonwealth Office

  • Wilton Park Conference Centre

• Government Actuary’s Department

• Government Communications Headquarters

• Home Office

  • HM Inspectors of Constabulary

  • Parole Board and Local Review Committees

• House of Commons

• House of Lords

• Ministry of Defence

  • Meteorological Office

  • Defence Procurement Agency

• The National Archives

• National Assembly for Wales

  • Higher Education Funding Council for Wales

  • Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales

  • Royal Commission for Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales

  • Valuation Tribunals (Wales)

  • Welsh National Health Service Authorities and Trusts

  • Welsh Rent Assessment Panels

• National Audit Office

• National Savings and Investments

• Northern Ireland Assembly Commission

• Northern Ireland Court Service

  • Coroners Courts

  • County Courts

  • Court of Appeal and High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland

  • Crown Court

  • Enforcement of Judgements Office

  • Legal Aid Fund

  • Magistrates' Courts

  • Pensions Appeals Tribunals

• Northern Ireland, Department for Employment and Learning

• Northern Ireland, Department for Regional Development

• Northern Ireland, Department for Social Development

• Northern Ireland, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

• Northern Ireland, Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure

• Northern Ireland, Department of Education

• Northern Ireland, Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment

• Northern Ireland, Department of the Environment

• Northern Ireland, Department of Finance and Personnel

• Northern Ireland, Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

• Northern Ireland, Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister

• Northern Ireland Office

  • Crown Solicitor’s Office

  • Department of the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland

  • Forensic Science Laboratory of Northern Ireland

  • Office of the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland

  • Police Service of Northern Ireland

  • Probation Board for Northern Ireland

  • State Pathologist Service

• Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

  • Rent Assessment Panels

• Office of Fair Trading

• Office for National Statistics

  • National Health Service Central Register

• Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration and Health Service Commissioners

• Paymaster General’s Office

• Postal Business of the Post Office

• Privy Council Office

• Public Record Office

• Royal Hospital, Chelsea

• Royal Mint

• Rural Payments Agency

• Scotland, Auditor-General

• Scotland, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service

• Scotland, General Register Office

• Scotland, Queen’s and Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer

• Scotland, Registers of Scotland

• The Scotland Office

• The Scottish Ministers

• Architecture and Design Scotland

• Crofters Commission

• Deer Commission for Scotland

• Lands Tribunal for Scotland

• National Galleries of Scotland

• National Library of Scotland

• National Museums of Scotland

• Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

• Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland

• Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council

• Scottish Law Commission

• Local Health Councils

• The NHS Education for Scotland Board

• Scottish Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education

• Scottish National Health Service Authorities and Trusts

• The Office of the Accountant of Court

• High Court of Justiciary

• Court of Session

• HM Inspectorate of Constabulary

• Parole Board for Scotland and Local Review Committees

• Pensions Appeal Tribunals

• Scottish Land Court

• Sheriff Courts

• Scottish Criminal Record Office

• Scottish Crime Squad

• Scottish Fire Service Training Squad

• Scottish Police College

• Office of the Social Security Commissioners

• Rent Assessment Panel and Committees

• The Scottish Parliamentary Body Corporate

• Scottish Record Office

• HM Revenue and Customs

• The Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office

• HM Treasury

  • Office of Government Commerce

  • United Kingdom Debt Management Office

• The Wales Office (Office of the Secretary of State for Wales)

Regulation 2(1)

SCHEDULE 2 ACTIVITIES CONSTITUTING WORKS

Section F				Construction
Divi-sion	Group	Class	Subject	Notes	CPV Code
45			Construction	Construction of new buildings and works, restoring and common repairs	45000000
	45.1		Site preparation		45100000
		45.11	Demolition and wrecking of buildings; earth moving	Demolition of buildings and other structures Clearing of building sites Earth moving; excavation, landfill, levelling and grading of construction sites, trench digging, rock removal, blasting, etc. Site preparation for mining: overburden removal and other development and preparation of mineral properties and sites Building site drainage Drainage of agricultural or forestry land	45110000
		45.12	Test drilling and boring	Test drilling, test boring and core sampling for construction, geophysical, geological or similar purposes	45120000
	45.2		Building of complete constructions or parts thereof; civil engineering		45200000
		45.21	General construction of buildings and civil engineering works	Construction of all types of buildings Construction of civil engineering constructions Bridges, including those for elevated highways, viaducts, tunnels and subways Long-distance pipelines, communication and power lines Urban pipelines, urban communication and power lines Ancillary urban works Assembly and erection of prefabricated constructions on the site	45210000
		45.22	Erection of roof covering and frames	Erection of roofs Roof covering Waterproofing	45220000
		45.23	Construction of highways, roads, airfields and sport facilities	Construction of highways, streets, roads, other vehicular and pedestrian ways Construction of railways Construction of airfield runways Construction work, other than buildings, for stadiums, swimming pools, gymnasiums, tennis courts, golf courses and other sports installations Paintings of markings on road surfaces and car parks	45230000
		45.24	Construction of water projects	Construction of: waterways, harbour and river works, pleasure ports (marinas), locks, etc. dams and dykes dredging subsurface work	45240000
		45.25	Other construction work involving special trades	Construction activities specialising in one aspect common to different kinds of structures, requiring specialised skill or equipment Construction of foundations, including pile driving Water well drilling and construction, shaft sinking Erection of non-self-manufactured steel elements Steel bending Bricklaying and stone setting Scaffolds and work platform erecting and dismantling, including renting of scaffolds and work platforms; Erection of chimneys and industrial ovens	45250000
	45.3		Building installation		45300000
		45.31	Installation of electrical wiring and fittings	Installation in buildings or other construction projects of: electrical wiring and fittings telecommunications systems electrical heating systems residential antennas and aerials fire alarms burglar alarm systems lifts and escalators lightning conductors, etc.	45310000
		45.32	Insulation work activities	Installation in buildings or other construction projects of thermal, sound or vibration insulation	45320000
		45.33	Plumbing	Installation in buildings or other construction projects of: plumbing and sanitary equipment gas fittings heating, ventilation, refrigeration or air conditioning equipment and ducts sprinkler systems	45330000
		45.34	Other building installation	Installation of illumination and signalling systems for roads, railways, airports and harbours Installation in buildings or other construction projects of fittings and fixtures n.e.c	45340000
	45.4		Building completion		45400000
		45.41	Plastering	Application in buildings or other construction projects of interior and exterior plaster or stucco, including related lathing materials	45410000
		45.42	Joinery installation	Installation of non self-manufactured doors, windows, door and window frames, fitted kitchens, staircases, shop fittings and the like, of wood or other materials Interior completion such as ceilings, wooden wall coverings, movable partitions, etc.	45420000
		45.43	Floor and wall covering	Laying, tiling, hanging or fitting in buildings or other construction projects of: ceramic, concrete or cut stone wall or floor tiles parquet and other wood floor coverings carpets and linoleum floor coverings carpets and linoleum floor coverings, including of rubber or plastic terrazzo, marble, granite or slate floor or wall coverings wallpaper	45430000
		45.44	Painting and glazing	Interior and exterior painting of buildings Painting of civil engineering structures Installation of glass, mirrors etc	45440000
		45.45	Other building completion	Installation of private swimming pools steam cleaning, sand blasting and similar activities for building exteriors Other building completion and finishing work n.e.c.	45450000
	45.5		Renting of construction or demolition equipment with operator		45500000
		45.50	Renting of construction or demolition equipment with operator		45500000

Regulation 2(2)

SCHEDULE 3 CATEGORIES OF SERVICES

Part A
Category	Services	CPC Reference No	CPV Code
1	Maintenance and repair of vehicles and equipment	6112, 6122, 633, 886	from 50100000 to 50982000 (except for 50310000 to 50324200 and 50116510-9, 50190000-3, 50229000-6, 50243000-0)
2	Transport by land, including armoured car services and courier services but not including transport of mail and transport by rail	712 (except 71235), 7512, 87304	from 60112000-6 to 60129300-1 (except 60121000 to 60121600, 60122200-1, 60122230-0), and from 64120000-3 to 64121200-2
3	Transport by air but not transport of mail	73 (except 7321)	from 62100000-3 to 62300000-5 (except 62121000-6, 62221000-7)
4	Transport of mail by land, other than by rail, and by air	71235, 7321	60122200-1, 60122230-0 62121000-6, 62221000-7
5	Telecommunications services	752	from 64200000-8 to 64228200-2, 72318000-7, and from 72530000-9 to 72532000-3
6	Financial services: (a) Insurance services (b) Banking and investment services other than financial services in connection with the issue, sale, purchase or transfer of securities or other financial instruments and central bank services	Ex 81, 812, 814	from 66100000-1 to 66430000-3 and from 67110000-1 to 67262000-1
7	Computer and related services	84	from 50300000-8 to 50324200-4, from 72100000-6 to 72591000-4 (except 72318000-7 and from 72530000-9 to 72532000-3)
8	Research and development services where the benefits accrue exclusively to the contracting authority for its use in the conduct of its own affairs and the services are to be wholly paid for by the contracting authority	85	from 73000000-2 to 73300000-5 (except 73200000-4, 73210000-7, 7322000-0)
9	Accounting, auditing and book-keeping services	862	from 74121000-3 to 74121250-0
10	Market research and public opinion polling services	864	from 74130000-9 to 74133000-0, and 74423100-1, 74423110-4
11	Management consultancy services and related services, but not arbitration and conciliation services	865, 866	from 73200000-4 to 73220000-0, from 74140000-2 to 74150000-5 (except 74142200-8), and 74420000-9, 74421000-6, 74423000-0, 74423200-2, 74423210-5, 74871000-5, 93620000-0
12	Architectural services: engineering services and integrated engineering services: urban planning and landscape architectural services: related scientific and technical consulting services: technical testing and analysis services	867	from 74200000-1 to 74276400-8, and from 74310000-5 to 74323100-0, and 74874000-6
13	Advertising services	871	from 74400000-3 to 74422000-3 (except 74420000-9 and 74421000-6)
14	Building-cleaning services and property management services	874, 82201 to 82206	from 70300000-4 to 70340000-6, and 74710000-9 to 74760000-4
15	Publishing and printing services on a fee or contract basis	88442	from 78000000-7 to 78400000-1
16	Sewerage and refuse disposal service: sanitation and similar services	94	from 90100000-8 to 903200000-6, and 50190000-3, 50229000-6, 50243000-0

Part B
Category	Services	CPC Reference No.	CPV Code
17	Hotel and restaurant services	64	from 55000000-0 to 55524000-9, and from 93400000-2 to 93411000-2
18	Transport by rail	711	60111000-9, and from 60121000-2 to 60121600-8
19	Transport by water	72	from 61000000-5 to 61530000-9, and from 63370000-3 to 63372000-7
20	Supporting and auxiliary transport services	74	62400000-6, 62440000-8, 62441000-5, 62450000-1, from 63000000-9 to 63600000-5 (except 63370000-3, 63371000-0, 63372000-7), and 74322000-2, 93610000-7
21	Legal services	861	from 74110000-3 to 74114000-1
22	Personnel placement and supply services	872	from 74500000-4 to 74540000-6 (except 74511000-4), and from 95000000-2 to 95140000-5
23	Investigation and security services, other than armoured car services	873 (except 87304)	from 74600000-5 to 74620000-1
24	Education and vocational health services	92	from 80100000-5 to 80430000-7
25	Health and social services	93	74511000-4, and from 85000000-9 to 85323000-9 (except 85321000-5 and 85322000-2)
26	Recreational, cultural and sporting services	96	from 74875000-3 to 74875200-5, and from 92000000-1 to 92622000-7 (except 92230000-2)
27	Other services

Regulations 2(1) and 4(4)

SCHEDULE 4 EXTENSION TO NON-MEMBER STATES

Relevant States	Agreement with the European Union which extends the provisions relating to public procurement to the relevant State	Statutory provisions designating the agreements as European Treaties
1	2	3
1. Bulgaria	Europe Agreement(1)	S.I. 1994/758.
2. Iceland	European Economic Area Agreement(2)	European Economic Area Act 1993(3), section 1.
3. Liechtenstein	European Economic Area Agreement	European Economic Area Act 1993, section 1.
4. Norway	European Economic Area Agreement	European Economic Area Act 1993, section 1.
5. Romania	Europe Agreement(4)	S.I. 1994/760.

Regulation 8(5)

SCHEDULE 5 GOODS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE THRESHOLDS

The goods for the purpose of regulation 8(5) are those specified in the following chapters for the Customs Co-operation Council Nomenclature (CCCN).

Chapter 25:	Salt; sulphur; earths and stone, plastering materials, lime and cement
Chapter 26:	Metallic ores, slag and ash
Chapter 27:	Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation, bituminous substances; mineral waxes
	except:
	ex 27.10: special engine fuels
Chapter 28:	Inorganic chemicals, organic and inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements and of isotopes
except:
	ex 28.09: explosives
	ex 28.13: explosives
	ex 28.14: tear gas
	ex 28.28: explosives
	ex 28.32: explosives
	ex 28.39: explosives
	ex 28.50: toxic products
	ex 28.51: toxic products
	ex 28.54: explosives
Chapter 29:	Organic chemicals
	except:
	ex 29.03: explosives
	ex 29.04: explosives
	ex 29.07: explosives
	ex 29.08: explosives
	ex 29.11: explosives
	ex 29.12: explosives
	ex 29.13: toxic products
	ex 29.14: toxic products
	ex 29.15: toxic products
	ex 29.21: toxic products
	ex 29.22: toxic products
	ex 29.23: toxic products
	ex 29.26: explosives
	ex 29.27: toxic products
	ex 29.29: explosives
Chapter 30:	Pharmaceutical products
Chapter 31:	Fertilisers
Chapter 32:	Tanning and dyeing extracts, tannings and their derivatives, dyes, colours, paints and varnishes, putty, fillers and stoppings, inks
Chapter 33:	Essential oils and resinoids, parfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations
Chapter 34:	Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing and scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes and ‘dental waxes’
Chapter 35:	Albuminoidal substances, glues, enzymes
Chapter 37:	Photographic and cinematographic goods
Chapter 38:	Miscellaneous chemical products,
	except:
	ex 38.19: toxic products
Chapter 39:	Artificial resins and plastic materials, celluloses esters and ethers, articles thereof,
	except:
	ex 39.03 explosives
Chapter 40:	Rubber, synthetic rubber, factice, and articles thereof,
	except:
	ex 40.11: bullet-proof tyres
Chapter 41:	Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather
Chapter 42:	Articles of leather, saddlery and harness, travel goods, handbags and similar containers, articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut)
Chapter 43:	Furskins and artificial fur, manufactures thereof
Chapter 44:	Wood and articles of wood, wood charcoal
Chapter 45:	Cork and articles of cork
Chapter 46:	Manufactures of straw of esparto and of other plaiting materials, basketware and wickerwork
Chapter 47:	Paper-making material
Chapter 48:	Paper and paperboard, articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard
Chapter 49:	Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry, manuscripts, type-scripts and plans
Chapter 65:	Headgear and parts thereof
Chapter 66:	Umbrellas, sunshades, walking-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof
Chapter 67:	Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down, artificial flowers, articles of human hair
Chapter 68:	Articles of stone, of plaster, of cement, of asbestos, of mica and of similar materials
Chapter 69	Ceramic products
Chapter 70:	Glass and glassware
Chapter 71:	Pearls, precious and semi-precious stones, precious metals, rolled precious metals, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery
Chapter 73:	Iron and steel and articles thereof
Chapter 74:	Copper and articles thereof
Chapter 75:	Nickel and articles thereof
Chapter 76:	Aluminium and articles thereof
Chapter 77:	Magnesium and beryllium and articles thereof
Chapter 78:	Lead and articles thereof
Chapter 79:	Zinc and articles thereof
Chapter 80:	Tin and articles thereof
Chapter 81:	Other base metals employed in metallurgy and articles thereof
Chapter 82:	Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal, parts thereof,
	except:
	ex 82.05: tools
	ex 82.07: tools, parts
Chapter 83:	Miscellaneous articles of base metal
Chapter 84:	Boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances, parts thereof,
	except:
	ex 84.06: engines
	ex 84.08: other engines
	ex 84.45: machinery
	ex 84.53: automatic data-processing machines
	ex 84.55 parts of machines under heading No 84.53
	ex 84.59: nuclear reactors
Chapter 85:	Electrical machinery and equipment, parts thereof,
	except:
	ex: 85.13: telecommunication equipment
	ex: 85.15: transmission apparatus
Chapter 86:	Railway and tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof, railway and tramway tracks fixtures and fittings, traffic signalling equipment of all kinds (not electrically powered),
	except:
	ex 86.02: armoured locomotives, electric
	ex 86.03: other armoured locomotives
	ex 86.05: armoured wagons
	ex 86.06 repair wagons
	ex 86.07 wagons
Chapter 87:	Vehicles, other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts thereof,
	except:
	ex 87.08: tanks and other armoured vehicles
	ex 87.01: tractors
	ex 87.02: military vehicles
	ex 87.03: breakdown lorries
	ex 87.09: motorcycles
	ex 87.14: trailers
Chapter 89:	Ships, boats and floating structures,
	except:
	ex 89.01A: warships
Chapter 90:	Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical and surgical instruments and apparatus, parts thereof,
	except:
	ex 90.05: binoculars
	ex 90.13: miscellaneous instruments, lasers
	ex 90.14: telemeters
	ex 90.28: electrical and electronic measuring instruments
	ex 90.11: microscopes
	ex 90.17: medical instruments
	ex 90.18: mechano-therapy appliances
	ex 90.19: orthopaedic appliances
	ex 90.20: X-ray apparatus
Chapter 91:	Manufacture of watches and clocks
Chapter 92:	Musical instruments, sound recorders or reproducers, television image and sound recorders or reproducers, parts and accessories of such articles
Chapter 94:	Furniture and parts thereof, bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings,
	except:
	ex 94.01A: aircraft seats
Chapter 95:	Articles and manufactures of carving or moulding material
Chapter 96:	Brooms, brushes, powder-puffs and sieves
Chapter 98:	Miscellaneous manufactured articles

Regulation 23(4)(j)

SCHEDULE 6 PROFESSIONAL OR TRADE REGISTERS

PUBLIC SERVICES CONTRACTS

1.  In relation to procedures for the award of a public services contract, the following are the appropriate professional or trade registers for the purposes of regulation 23(4)(j)—

• in Austria, the Firmenbuch, Gewerberegister or Mitgliederverzeichnisse der Landeskammern;

• in Belgium, the Registre du commerce/Handelsregister or the orders professionels/ beroepsorden;

• in Denmark, the Erhvervs- og Selskabsstyrelsen;

• in Finland, the Kaupparekisteri or Handelsregistret;

• in France, the Registre du commerce et des sociétés and the Répertoire des métiers;

• in Germany, the Handelsregister, the Handwerksrolle, the Vereinsregister, Partnerschaftsregister or the Mitgliedsverzeichnisse de Berufskammern der Ländern;

• in Iceland, the Firmaskrá or Hlutafélagaskrá;

• in Italy, the Registro della Camera di commercio, industria, agricoltura e artigianato, the Registro delle commissioni provinciali per l'artigianato or the Consiglio nazionale degli ordini professionali;

• in Luxembourg, the Registre aux firmes and the Rôle de la chambre des métiers;

• in the Netherlands, the Handelsregister;

• in Norway, the Foretaksregisteret;

• in Portugal, the Registo nacional das Pessoas Colectivas;

• in Spain, the Registro Oficial de Empresas Clasificadas del Ministerio de Hacienda ; and

• in Sweden, the aktiebolags, handels- eller föreningsregistren.

PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS

2.  In relation to procedures for the award of a public works contract the following are the appropriate professional or trade registers for the purposes of regulation 23(4)(j)–

• in Austria, the Firmenbuch, the Gewerberegister, the Mitgliederverzeichnisse der Landeskammern;

• in Belgium, the Registre du commerce/Handelsregister;

• in Denmark, the Erhvervs-og Selskabsstyrelsen;

• in Finland, the Kaupparekisteri/Handelsregistret;

• in France, the Registre du commerce et des sociétés or the Répertoire des métiers;

• in Germany, the Handelsregister and the Handwerksrolle;

• in Greece, the Μητρώο Ερολπτικών Επιχερήσεων ΜΕΕΠ of the Ministry for Environment, Town and Country Planning and Public Works (ΥΠΕΧΩΔΕ);

• in Iceland, the Firmaskrá

• in Italy, the Registro della Camera di commercio, industria, agricoltura e artigianato;

• in Luxembourg, the Registre aux firmes and the Rôle de la chambre des métiers;

• in the Netherlands, the Handelsregister;

• in Norway, the Foretaksregisteret;

• in Portugal, the Instituto dos Mercados de Obras Públicas e Particulares e do Imobiliário (IMOPPI) (CAEOPP);

• in Spain, the Registro Oficial de Empresas Clasificadas del Ministerio de Hacienda; and

• in Sweden, aktiebolags-, handels- eller föreningsregistren.

PUBLIC SUPPLY CONTRACTS

3.  In relation to procedures for the award of a public supply contract the following are the appropriate professional or trade registers for the purposes of regulation 23(4)(j)—

• in Austria, the Firmenbuch, the Gewerberegister, the Mitgliederverzeichnisse der Landeskammern;

• in Belgium, the Registre du commerce/Handelsregister;

• in Denmark, the Erhvervs-og Selskabsstyrelsen;

• in Finland, the Kaupparekisteri/Handelsregistret;

• in France, the Registre du commerce et des sociétés or the Répertoire des métiers;

• in Germany, the Handelsregister and the Handwerksrolle;

• in Greece, the Βιοτεχνικό ή Εμπορικό ή Βιομηχανικό Επιμελητήριο

• in Iceland, the Firmaskrá;

• in Italy, the Registro della Camera di commercio, industria, agricoltura e artigianato and Registro delle commissioni provinciali per l'artigianato;

• in Luxembourg, the Registre aux firmes and the Rôle de la chambre des métiers;

• in Norway, the Foretaksregisteret;

• in the Netherlands, the Handelsregister;

• in Portugal, the Registo Nacional das Pessoas Colectivas;

• in Spain, the Registro Mercantil; and

• in Sweden, aktiebolags-, handels- eller föreningsregistren.

Regulation 48

SCHEDULE 7 CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS, REPEALS AND REVOCATIONS

PART 1 CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

ENACTMENTS

Greater London Authority Act 1999

1.—(1) Section 360 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999(5) (interpretation of sections 353 to 359) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In section 360(2), for the definition of “the public procurement regulations” there shall be substituted—

““the public procurement regulations” means either the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 or the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2006,”.

(3) For section 360(3), there shall be substituted—

“(3) “First information notice”, in relation to the awarding of a waste contract by a waste authority, means—

(a) in a case where the authority is required in the awarding of that contract to comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2006, a notice in respect of that contract sent to the Official Journal of the European Union in compliance with regulation 11: or

(b) in a case where the authority is required in the awarding of that contract to comply with the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2006, a notice in respect of that contract sent to the Official Journal of the European Union in compliance with regulation 15.”.

(4) For section 360(4), there shall be substituted—

“(4) “Second information notice” in relation to the awarding of a waste contract by a waste authority, means—

(a) in a case where the authority is required in the awarding of that contract to comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2006, a notice in respect of that contract sent to the Official Journal of the European Union in compliance with regulation 15, 16, 17 or 18; or

(b) in a case where the authority is required in the awarding of that contract to comply with the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2006, a notice in respect of that contract sent to the Official Journal of the European Union which in accordance with regulation 16(2)(b) satisfies the requirement of regulation 16(1) to make a call for competition.”.

INSTRUMENTS

Schools Forums (England) Regulations 2002

2.  In regulation 8 of the Schools Forums (England) Regulations 2002(6), for the words from “either” to the end of the regulation there shall be substituted—

““the estimated value of the proposed contract is not less than the threshold which applies to the relevant authority for that proposed contract pursuant to regulation 8 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006.”.

Service Charges (Consultation Requirements)(England) Regulations 2003

3.  In regulation 2 of the Service Charges (Consultation Requirements)(England) Regulations 2003(7) (interpretation), for the definition of “public notice” there shall be substituted—

““public notice” means notice published in the Official Journal of the European Union pursuant to the Public Contracts Regulations 2006;”.

Schools Forums (Wales) Regulations 2003

4.  In regulation 9(1) of the Schools Forums (Wales) Regulations 2003(8), for the words from “either” to the end of the paragraph there shall be substituted—

““the estimated value of the proposed contract is not less than the threshold which applies to the relevant authority for that proposed contract pursuant to regulation 8 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006.”.

Service Charges (Consultation Requirements) (Wales) Regulations 2004

5.  In regulation 2 of the Service Charges (Consultation Requirements) (Wales) Regulations 2004(9) (interpretation), for the definition of “public notice” there shall be substituted—

““public notice” (“hysbysiad cyhoeddus”) means notice published in the Official Journal of the European Union pursuant to the Public Contracts Regulations 2006.”.

PART 2 REPEALS AND REVOCATIONS

ENACTMENTS

European Economic Area Act 1993

6.  In paragraph 3 of the Schedule to the European Economic Area Act 1993(10) (limitations on the application of section 2(1)), sub-paragraphs (e) and (f) shall cease to have effect.

INSTRUMENTS

Title	Number	Extent of revocation
1	2	3
Public Works Contracts Regulations 1991	S.I. 1991/2680	The whole Regulations.
Public Services Contracts Regulations 1993	S.I. 1993/3228	The whole Regulations.
Public Supply Contracts Regulations 1995	S.I. 1995/201	The whole Regulations.
Local Government (Translation Amendments)(Scotland) Order 1996	S.I. 1996/974	Paragraphs 9 and 11 of Schedule 1.
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Order 1997	S.I. 1997/1744	Paragraph 5 of the Schedule.
Competition Act 1998 (Competition Commission) Transitional, Consequential and Supplemental Provisions Order 1999	S.I. 1999/506	Article 35.
Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications)(No. 1) Order 1999	S.I. 1999/1042	Paragraphs 20, 21 and 22 of Schedule 1 and paragraph 13 of Schedule 2.
Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications)(No. 2) Order 1999	S.I. 1999/1820	Paragraphs 148, 153 and 156 of Schedule 2.
Greater London Authority Act 1999 (Consequential Amendments of Subordinate Legislation)(Fire etc Authority) Order 2000	S.I. 2000/1553	Paragraphs 5, 6 and 8 of the Schedule.
Public Contracts (Works, Services and Supply)(Amendment) Regulations 2000	S.I. 2000/2009	The whole Regulations.
Postal Services Act 2000 (Consequential Modifications No. 1) Order 2001	S.I. 2001/1149	Paragraphs 100 and 106 of Schedule 1.
Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2002	S.I. 2002/881	Paragraph 11 of the Schedule.
Public Contracts (Works, Services and Supply) and Utilities Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2003	S.I. 2003/46	The whole Regulations.
Transport for London (Consequential Provisions) Order 2003	S.I. 2003/1615	Paragraph 50 of Schedule 1.
Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (Consequential Amendments) (England) Order 2004	S.I. 2004/3168	Articles 24, 31 and 33.
Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (Consequential Amendments) (Wales) Order 2005	S.I. 2005/2929	Articles 25, 31 and 33.

(1)

OJ No L358, 31.12.94, p.2.

(2)

Cmnd 2073 as adjusted by the Protocol signed in Brussels on 17^th March 1993 (Cmnd 2183).

(3)

1993 c. 51.

(4)

OJ No L357, 31.12.94,p.2.

(5)

1999 c. 29.

(6)

S.I. 2002/2114, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(7)

S.I. 2003/1987, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(8)

S.I 2003/2909.

(9)

S.I. 2004/684, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(10)

1993c.51.