# The Utilities Contracts Regulations 1996, Regulation 4: Suppliers, contractors and services providers


(1) For the purposes of these Regulations—
(a) a “supplier” means a person who sought, or who seeks, or would have wished, to be the person to whom a supply contract is awarded;
(b) a “contractor” means a person who sought, or who seeks, or would have wished, to be the person to whom a works contract is awarded; and
(c) a “services provider” means a person who sought or who seeks, or who would have wished,
(i) to be the person to whom a services contract is awarded, or
(ii) to participate in a design contest, and,
in every case, is a person who is a national of and established in a relevant State.
(2) In these Regulations a relevant State is a member State or a State listed in column 1 of Schedule 2 hereto; the agreements with the European Union by which the provisions in relation to public procurement are extended to those States are specified in column 2 to that Schedule and the statutory provision designating them as European Treaties under section 1(3) of the European Communities Act 1972 are specified in Column 3 to that Schedule.
(3) When these Regulations apply a utility shall not discriminate between providers: and it shall not treat a person who is not a national of and established in a relevant State more favourably than one who is.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2911/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/utilities-contracts-regulations-1996/regulation-4
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