{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/utilities-contracts-scotland-regulations-2006/regulation-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/utilities-contracts-scotland-regulations-2006/regulation-21.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2006/2",
  "legislation_title": "The Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/utilities-contracts-scotland-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/21",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Central purchasing bodies",
  "text": "(1) A utility may purchase work, works, goods or services from or through a central purchasing body.\n(2) Where a utility makes purchases in accordance with paragraph (1), it shall be deemed to have complied with these Regulations, or where appropriate the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2006, to the extent that the central purchasing body has complied with them.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/2/regulation/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:22:06.422881+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}