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56.—(1) Two or more utilities may agree to perform certain specific procurements jointly.
(2) Where the conduct of the procurement procedure in its entirety is carried out jointly in the name and on behalf of all the utilities concerned, they shall be jointly responsible for fulfilling their obligations under these Regulations.
(3) Such joint responsibility applies also in cases where one utility manages the procurement procedure, acting on its own behalf and on the behalf of the other utilities concerned.
(4) Where the conduct of a procurement procedure is not in its entirety carried out in the name and on behalf of the utility concerned—
(a)they shall be jointly responsible only for those parts carried out jointly, and
(b)each utility shall have sole responsibility for fulfilling its obligations under these Regulations in respect of the parts it conducts in its own name and on its own behalf.
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