Amendment of the Utilities Contracts Regulations3

1

The Utilities Contracts Regulations are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 2(1), in the definition of “Common Procurement Vocabulary”, after “the Common Procurement Vocabulary” insert “ as amended by Regulation (EC) No 213/2008 of the Commission of the European Communities; ”.

3

For regulation 38(4)(b) of the Utilities Contracts Regulations substitute—

b

telecommunications services specified under CPV references 64221000-1, 64227000-3, 64228000-0, 64228100-1, 64228200-2 within category 5 of Part A of Schedule 3;

4

For Schedule 2 to the Utilities Contracts Regulations substitute the Schedule contained in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

5

For Schedule 3 to the Utilities Contracts Regulations substitute the Schedule contained in Schedule 2 to these Regulations, but as adapted for this purpose by the substitution of the word “utility” for the words “contracting authority” in both places where they appear in the second column of the entry for category 8.