PART 1 E+W+N.I. GENERAL

CHAPTER 3 E+W+N.I. MATERIAL SCOPE

SECTION 2 E+W+N.I. Excluded contracts and design contests; special provisions for procurement involving defence and security aspects

SUB-SECTION 5 E+W+N.I. Activities directly exposed to competition and related procedural provisions

Activities directly exposed to competition E+W+N.I.

34.—(1) These Regulations do not apply to contracts or design contests intended to enable an activity mentioned in regulations 9 to 15 to be carried out where that activity is directly exposed to competition on markets to which access is not restricted.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the activity is directly exposed to competition on markets to which access is not restricted only if—

(a) the activity is covered by the following Commission Decisions:—

(i) Commission Decision 2006/211/EC M1 (electricity generation in England, Scotland and Wales);

(ii) Commission Decision 2007/141/EC M2 (supply of electricity and gas in England, Scotland and Wales); and

(iii) Commission Decision 2010/192/EUM3 (exploration for and exploitation of oil and gas in England, Scotland and Wales)F1 ...

F1 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3) The activity referred to in paragraph (1) may form a part of a larger sector or be exercised only in certain parts of the United Kingdom.

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 34(2)(b) and word omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1319), regs. 1(2), 10(22) (with Sch. paras. 3-5)

Marginal Citations

M1 OJ No L 76, 15.3.2006, p6.

M2 OJ No L 62, 1.3.2007, p23.

M3 OJ No L 84, 31.3.2010, p52.

Procedure for establishing whether regulation 34(2)(b) is applicable E+W+N.I.

F2 35.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F2 Reg. 35 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1319), regs. 1(2), 10(23) (with Sch. paras. 3-5)