Regulation 7 Exclusion in respect of certain contracts awarded by utilities operating in the telecommunications sector

These Regulations shall not apply to the seeking of offers in relation to a contract by a utility specified in Schedule 2 for the exclusive purpose of enabling it to provide one or more of the public telecommunications services specified in the Part of Schedule 2 in which the utility is specified.

A utility specified in Schedule 2 when requested shall send a report to the Minister for onward transmission to the Commission describing the public telecommunications services provided by it which it considers are services specified in the Part of Schedule 2 in which the utility is specified.

A utility may indicate that any of the information included in the report referred to in paragraph (2) above is of a sensitive commercial nature and request that it not be published.