4.—(1) Article 3 is amended as follows.
(2) Omit point (4).
(3) In point (6), omit “an electronic identification or”.
(4) In point (8), for the words from “means” to the end substitute “has the same meaning as in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/102)(1) (see the definition of “bodies governed by public law” in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations);”.
(5) After point (41) insert—
“(42) ‘the equivalent EU law’ means Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market and repealing Directive 1999/93/EC(2), or any instrument replacing that Regulation, as it has effect in EU law from time to time.”.
S.I. 2015/102 was amended by S.I. 2016/275 and 2016/696; there are other amending instruments, but none is relevant.
OJ No. L 257, 28.8.2014, p. 73.