1.—(1) Section 360 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999(1) (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.”.
2. In regulation 8 of the Schools Forums (England) Regulations 2002(2), 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.”.
3. In regulation 2 of the Service Charges (Consultation Requirements)(England) Regulations 2003(3) (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;”.
4. In regulation 9(1) of the Schools Forums (Wales) Regulations 2003(4), 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.”.
5. In regulation 2 of the Service Charges (Consultation Requirements) (Wales) Regulations 2004(5) (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.”.