2016 No. 274
Public Procurement, England And Wales
Public Procurement, Northern Ireland
The Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016
Made 11th March 2016
Laid before Parliament 17th March 2016
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2) to (4)

The Minister for the Cabinet Office is designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to public procurement .
1972 c.68; section 2(2) was amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51), section 27(1)(a), and by the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7), Part 1 of the Schedule.
S.I. 2010/2473.
The Minister for the Cabinet Office makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, as read with paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, that Act.
Paragraph 1A was inserted by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51), section 28, and was amended by the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008, Part 1 of the Schedule and by S.I. 2007/1388.
These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of that Act, and it appears to the Minister for the Cabinet Office that it is expedient for certain references to provisions of EU instruments to be construed as references to those provisions as amended from time to time.
Instrument applied (with modifications) (18.4.2016) by The Public Procurement (Amendments, Repeals and Revocations) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/275), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 50 (with reg. 5)