PART 1GENERAL

CHAPTER 3MATERIAL SCOPE

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

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

Contracts and design contests awarded or organised for purposes other than the pursuit of a covered activity or for the pursuit of such an activity F1outside the United Kingdom19.

(1)

These Regulations do not apply to contracts awarded or design contests organised by utilities—

(a)

for purposes other than the pursuit of their activities as described in regulations 9 to 15; or

(b)

for the pursuit of such activities F2outside the United Kingdom, in conditions not involving the physical use of a network or geographical area within the F3United Kingdom.

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