3.—(1) Section 355 M1 (duties of waste collection authorities etc.) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2) In subsection (7)(a) for “the public procurement regulations” substitute “ the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2006 M2 ”.
(3) After subsection (7) insert—
“(8) In any case where—
(a)an authority is required to comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 in the awarding of a waste contract,
(b)in compliance with those regulations the authority sends the contract notice relating to the awarding of that contract to the Publications Office of the European Union, and
(c)after the authority sends that notice, the Mayor revises the provisions of the London Environment Strategy dealing with municipal waste management,”this section, and any guidance issued under it, are to have effect in relation to the awarding of that contract as if the revision had not been made.
Marginal Citations
M1Section 355(7) was amended by paragraphs 1, 6(a) and 7 of Schedule 23 and Part 33 of Schedule 25 to the Localism Act 2011 (c.20).
M2S.I. 2006/6, amended by S.I. 2008/2848, 2011/1043, 2053, 2012/1659, 2013/610; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.