Point in time view as at 18/04/2016.
Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, Section 4 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 13 August 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)A contract is an excluded contract for the purposes of section 3 if—
(a)it is a contract of a kind [F1to which Public Contracts Regulations do not apply by virtue of regulation 4 or 7 to 18 of those regulations],
(b)the following conditions apply—
(i)it is for the purpose of acquiring goods, works or services in order to sell, hire or provide them to other persons,
(ii)the contracting authority will not have an exclusive right to sell, hire or provide the goods, works or services, and
(iii)the conditions on which the contracting authority intends to sell, hire or provide them are the same as or similar to the conditions on which another person could sell, hire or provide the same or similar goods, works or services, or
(c)the principal purpose of the contract is to acquire goods, works or services in connection with research or development undertaken by the contracting authority.
(2)The Scottish Ministers may by regulations amend subsection (1) so as to modify the kinds of contracts which are or are not excluded contracts.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 4(1) substituted (18.4.2016) by The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/446), reg. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 2(2) (with regs. 3-18, 99-101)
Commencement Information
I1S. 4 in force at 18.4.2016 by S.S.I. 2016/30, art. 3 (with art. 5)
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