The Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016 No. 49

PART 1 S GENERAL

CHAPTER 3 S MATERIAL SCOPE

SECTION 2 S Excluded contracts and design contests; special provisions for procurement involving defence and security aspects

SUB-SECTION 1 S Exclusions applicable to all utilities and special exclusions for the water and energy sectors

Exclusion: Contracts awarded and design contests organised pursuant to international rules S

19.—(1) These Regulations do not apply to procurement for the award of a contract or the organisation of a design contest which the utility is obliged to award or organise in accordance with a procurement which is established by—

(a) an international agreement or any other legal instrument creating international law obligations, concluded in conformity with the Treaties, between the United Kingdom and one or more third country or any part thereof and covering works, supplies or services intended for the joint implementation or exploitation of a project by its signatories; or

(b) an international organisation.

(2) These Regulations do not apply to procurement for the award of a contract or the organisation of a design contest which the utility undertakes or organises in accordance with procurement rules provided by an international organisation or international financing institution where the contracts or design contests concerned are fully financed by that organisation or institution or are co-financed for the most part by that organisation or institution.

(3) This regulation does not apply to procurement for the award of a contract or the organisation of a design contest involving defence or security aspects which are awarded or organised pursuant to international rules.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 19 in force at 18.4.2016, see reg. 1(2)