# The Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance Regulations 2017, Regulation 6: Contracts to which the information relates


(1) A qualifying contract is a relevant contract which satisfies the conditions in paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) The first condition is that the relevant contract is not a contract for financial services, as defined in section 2 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015.
(3) The second condition is that the relevant contract is—
(a) governed by the law of a part of the United Kingdom otherwise than by choice of the parties;
(b) governed by the law of a part of the United Kingdom by choice of the parties, and—
(i) has a significant connection with that part of the United Kingdom, or
(ii) without that choice, its applicable law would still be the law of a part of the United Kingdom; or
(c) governed by a foreign law by choice of the parties and—
(i) without that choice, its applicable law would be the law of a part of the United Kingdom, and
(ii) has no significant connection with any country outside the United Kingdom.
(4) In this regulation “foreign law” means the law of a country outside the United Kingdom.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2017/9780111153598/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-reporting-on-payment-practices-and-performance-regulations-2017/regulation-6
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