{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/utilities-contracts-scotland-regulations-2016/regulation-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/utilities-contracts-scotland-regulations-2016/regulation-18.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2016/49",
  "legislation_title": "The Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/utilities-contracts-scotland-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Exclusion: Contracts and design contests awarded or organised for purposes other than the pursuit of a covered activity or for the pursuit of such an activity outside the United Kingdom",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations do not apply to procurement for the award of a contract or the organisation of a design contest by a utility—\n(a) for purposes other than the pursuit of its activities as described in regulations 8 to 14; or\n(b) for the pursuit of such activities outside the United Kingdom, in conditions not involving the physical use of a network or geographical area within the United Kingdom.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 18(1)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Public Procurement etc. (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/468), regs. 1(2), 6(9)(b)(i) (with sch. paras. 1-5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 18(1)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Public Procurement etc. (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/468), regs. 1(2), 6(9)(b)(ii) (with sch. paras. 1-5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 18(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Public Procurement etc. (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/468), regs. 1(2), 6(9)(c) (with sch. paras. 1-5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 18 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Public Procurement etc. (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/468), regs. 1(2), 6(9)(a) (with sch. paras. 1-5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 18 in force at 18.4.2016, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2016/49/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:25:30.893927+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."
}