Statutory Instruments of the Scottish Parliament

"buyer profile" means a page on the internet set up by a contracting authority containing one or more of the following: prior information notices, information on ongoing invitations to tender, prospective and concluded contracts, cancelled procedures and any useful general information such as a contact point, a telephone number, a facsimile number, a postal address or an e-mail address;

"carrying out" in relation to a work or works means the construction or the design and construction of that work or those works;

"central purchasing body" means a contracting authority which–

(a) acquires goods or services intended for one or more contracting authorities;

(b) awards public contracts intended for one or more contracting authorities; or

(c) concludes framework agreements for work, works, goods or services intended for one or more contracting authorities;

"the Commission" means the European Commission;

"common technical specification" means a technical specification drawn up in accordance with a procedure recognised by the member States with a view to uniform application in all member States and which has been published in the Official Journal;

"European standard" means a standard adopted by a European standards organisation and made available to the general public;

"European technical approval" means an approval of the fitness for use of a product, issued by an approval body designated for the purpose by a member State, following a technical assessment of whether the product fulfils the essential requirements for building works, having regard to the inherent characteristics of the product and the defined conditions of application and use;

"international standard" means a standard adopted by an international standards organisation and made available to the general public;

"British standard" means a standard adopted by a British standards organisation and made available to the general public;

"recognised bodies" means test and calibration laboratories and certification and inspection bodies which comply with applicable European standards and "recognised body" shall be interpreted accordingly;

"standard" means a technical specification approved by a recognised standardisation body for repeated or continuous application, compliance with which is not compulsory and which is an international standard, a European standard, or a British standard;

"technical reference" means any product produced by European standardisation bodies, other than official standards, according to procedures adopted for the development of market needs; and

"technical specifications" means–

(a) in the case of a public services contract or a public supply contract, a specification in a document defining the required characteristics of materials, goods or services, such as quality levels, environmental performance levels, design for all requirements (including accessibility for disabled persons) and conformity assessment, performance, use of a product, safety or dimensions, including requirements relevant to the product as regards the name under which the product is sold, terminology, symbols, testing and test methods, packaging, marking and labelling, user instructions, production processes and methods and conformity assessment procedures; and

(b) in the case of a public works contract, the totality of the technical prescriptions contained, in particular, in the contract documents, defining the characteristics required of the work, works, materials or goods, which permits the work, works, materials or goods to be described in a manner such that it fulfils the use for which it is intended by the contracting authority and these characteristics shall include–


(i) levels of environmental performance, design for all requirements (including accessibility for disabled persons) and conformity assessment, performance, safety or dimensions, including the procedures concerning quality assurance, terminology, symbols, testing and test methods, packaging, marking and labelling, user instructions and production processes and methods;

(ii) rules relating to design and costing, the test, inspection and acceptance conditions for work or works and methods or techniques of construction; and

(iii) all other technical conditions which the contracting authority is in a position to prescribe, under general or specific regulations, in relation to the finished work or works and to the materials or parts which they involve.

    (2) Where a contracting authority wishes to lay down technical specifications which must be met by–

(a) the services to be provided under a public services contract and the materials and goods used in or for it;

(b) the goods to be purchased or hired under a public supply contract; or

(c) the work or works to be carried out under a public works contract and the materials and goods used in or for it;

it shall specify those technical specifications in the contract documents.

    (3) When laying down technical specifications in accordance with paragraph (2), a contracting authority shall, wherever possible, take into account accessibility criteria for disabled persons or the suitability of the design for all users.

    (4) A contracting authority shall ensure that technical specifications afford equal access to economic operators and do not have the effect of creating unjustified obstacles to the opening up of public procurement to competition.

    (5) Subject to technical requirements which are mandatory in the United Kingdom and to the extent that those requirements are compatible with Community obligations, a contracting authority shall define the technical specifications required for a contract in accordance with paragraph (6), (7), (8) or (9).

    (6) A contracting authority may define the technical specifications referred to in paragraph (5)–

(a) by reference to technical specifications in the following order of preference–


(i) British standards transposing European standards;

(ii) European technical approvals;

(iii) common technical specifications;

(iv) international standards; or

(v) other technical reference systems established by the European standardisation bodies; or



(b) in the absence of the technical specifications referred to in sub paragraph (a), by reference to the following technical specifications–



(i) British standards;

(ii) British technical approvals; or

(iii) British technical specifications relating to the design, calculation and execution of the work or works and use of the products;



and each reference to a technical specification made in accordance with this paragraph shall be accompanied by the words "or equivalent".

    (7) A contracting authority may define the technical specifications referred to in paragraph (5) in terms of performance or functional requirements (which may include environmental characteristics) provided that the requirements are sufficiently precise to allow an economic operator to determine the subject of the contract and a contracting authority to award the contract.

    (8) A contracting authority may define the technical specifications referred to in paragraph (5) by defining performance and functional requirements as referred to in paragraph (7) with reference to the technical specifications referred to in paragraph (6) as a means of presuming conformity with such performance or functional requirements.

    (9) A contracting authority may define the technical specifications referred to in paragraph (5) by reference to technical specifications referred to in paragraph (6) for certain characteristics and by reference to performance or functional requirements referred to in paragraph (7) for other characteristics.

    (10) Where a contracting authority defines technical specifications as referred to in paragraph (6), it shall not reject an offer on the basis that the materials, goods or services offered do not comply with those technical specifications if an economic operator proves to the satisfaction of the contracting authority by any appropriate means that the one or more solutions that economic operator proposes in its tender satisfy the requirements of those technical specifications in an equivalent manner.

    (11) Where a contracting authority defines technical specifications in terms of performance or functional requirements as referred to in paragraph (7), it shall not reject an offer for materials, goods, services, work or works which complies with–

(a) a British standard transposing a European standard;

(b) a European technical approval;

(c) a common technical specification;

(d) an international standard; or

(e) a technical reference system established by a European standardisation body;

if those technical specifications address the performance or functional requirements referred to by the contracting authority and the economic operator proves in its tender to the satisfaction of the contracting authority by any appropriate means that the work, works, materials, goods or services meet the performance or functional requirements of the contracting authority.

    (12) Where a contracting authority lays down environmental characteristics in terms of performance or functional requirements as referred to in paragraph (7), it may use the detailed technical specifications, or if necessary, parts thereof, as defined by European, national or multi national eco-labels or by any other eco-label, provided that–

(a) those technical specifications are appropriate to define the characteristics of the materials, goods or services that are the object of the contract;

(b) the eco label requirements are drawn up on the basis of scientific information;

(c) the eco label is adopted using a procedure in which all stakeholders, such as government bodies, consumers, manufacturers, distributors and environmental organisations, are able to participate; and

(d) the technical specifications are accessible to any party interested.

    (13) A contracting authority may indicate in the contract documents that the materials, goods or services bearing the eco-label are presumed to comply with the technical specifications laid down in the contract documents and shall accept any other appropriate means of proof that the materials, goods or services comply with those technical specifications.

    (14) The term "appropriate means" referred to in paragraphs (10), (11) and (13) includes a technical dossier of a manufacturer or a test report from a recognised body.

    (15) A contracting authority shall accept certificates from recognised bodies established in other member States when considering whether a tender for a contract conforms with the technical specifications laid down by the contracting authority in accordance with paragraph (2).

    (16) Subject to paragraph (17), a contracting authority shall not lay down technical specifications in the contract documents which refer to–

(a) materials or goods of a specific make or source or to a particular process; or

(b) trademarks, patents, types, origin or means of production;

which have the effect of favouring or eliminating particular economic operators.

    (17) Notwithstanding paragraph (16), exceptionally, a contracting authority may incorporate the references referred to in paragraph (16) into the technical specifications in the contract documents provided that the references are accompanied by the words "or equivalent", where–

(a) the subject of the contract makes the use of such references indispensable; or

(b) the subject of the contract cannot otherwise be described by reference to technical specifications which are sufficiently precise and intelligible to all economic operators.

(a) the beginning of the financial year in the case of public supply contracts or public services contracts or framework agreements for the purchase or hire of goods or for the provision of services; or

(b) the decision authorising the programme of public works contracts or framework agreements for the carrying out of work or works, in the case of public works contracts or framework agreements for the carrying out of work or works.

    (2) The notice referred to in paragraph (1) shall contain information in respect of–

(a) the public supply contracts, the public services contracts or the framework agreements referred to in paragraph (1)(a) which the contracting authority expects to award or conclude during the period of 12 months beginning with the date of the notice; and

(b) the public works contracts or the framework agreements referred to in paragraph (1)(b) which the contracting authority expects to award or conclude,

and that notice shall be sub divided to give that information separately for each product area of goods by reference to the CPV nomenclature of each category of works or services as specified in Schedules 2 and 3.

    (3) Where a contracting authority publishes a notice on its buyer profile in accordance with paragraph (1), it shall also send a notice in the form of a notice on a buyer profile in Annex VIII to Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1564/2005 informing the Commission by electronic means in accordance with the format and procedure for sending notices specified in paragraph (3) of Annex VIII to the Public Sector Directive of that publication.

    (4) The obligation to publish a prior information notice in accordance with paragraph (1) applies only to proposed public contracts or framework agreements which are not excluded from the application of these Regulations by regulation 6 or 8 and where, at the date of despatch of the notice–

(a) the total consideration which the contracting authority expects to be payable under–


(i) public supply contracts or framework agreements for the purchase or hire of goods falling within the same product area; or

(ii) Part A services contracts or framework agreements for the provision of services falling within the same category specified in Part A of Schedule 3,



is equal to or exceeds 750 000 euro; or

(b) the total consideration which the contracting authority expects to be payable under public works contracts or framework agreements for the carrying out of work or works is equal to or exceeds 5,278,000 euro.

(a) is the most economically advantageous from the point of view of the contracting authority; or

(b) offers the lowest price.

    (2) A contracting authority shall use criteria linked to the subject matter of the contract to determine that an offer is the most economically advantageous including quality, price, technical merit, aesthetic and functional characteristics, environmental characteristics, running costs, cost effectiveness, after sales service, technical assistance, delivery date and delivery period or period of completion.

    (3) Where a contracting authority intends to award a public contract on the basis of the offer which is the most economically advantageous it shall state the weighting which it gives to each of the criteria chosen in the contract notice or in the contract documents or, in the case of a competitive dialogue procedure, in the descriptive document.

    (4) When stating the weightings referred to in paragraph (3), a contracting authority may give the weightings a range and specify a minimum and maximum weighting where it considers it appropriate in view of the subject matter of the contract.

    (5) Where, in the opinion of the contracting authority, it is not possible to provide weightings for the criteria referred to in paragraph (3) on objective grounds, the contracting authority shall indicate the criteria in descending order of importance in the contract notice or contract documents or, in the case of a competitive dialogue procedure, in the descriptive document.

    (6) If an offer for a public contract is abnormally low the contracting authority may reject that offer but only if it has–

(a) requested in writing an explanation of the offer or of those parts which it considers contribute to the offer being abnormally low;

(b) taken account of the evidence provided in response to a request in writing; and

(c) subsequently verified the offer or parts of the offer being abnormally low with the economic operator.

    (7) Where a contracting authority requests an explanation in accordance with paragraph (6), the information requested may, in particular, include—

(a) the economics of the method of construction, the manufacturing process or the services provided;

(b) the technical solutions suggested by the economic operator or the exceptionally favourable conditions available to the economic operator for the execution of the work or works, for the supply of goods or the provision of the services;

(c) the originality of the work, works, goods or services proposed by the economic operator;

(d) compliance with the provisions relating to employment protection and working conditions in force at the place where the contract is to be performed; or

(e) the possibility of the economic operator obtaining State aid.

    (8) Where a contracting authority establishes that a tender is abnormally low because the economic operator has obtained State aid, the offer may be rejected on that ground alone only after–

(a) consultation with the economic operator; and

(b) the economic operator is unable to prove, within a reasonable time limit fixed by the contracting authority, that the aid was granted in a way which is compatible with the EC Treaty.

(a) shall establish the rules for that design contest in accordance with the provisions of this regulation; and

(b) shall not limit the admission of any economic operator to the design contest by reference to the territory or part of the territory of a relevant State.

    (2) This regulation applies to a design contest if it is organised as part of a procedure leading to the award of a public services contract whose estimated value (net of value added tax and including the value of any prizes or payments) is not less than the relevant threshold described in paragraphs (4) and (5).

    (3) This regulation applies to a design contest whether or not it is organised as part of a procedure leading to the award of a public services contract if the aggregate value of the prizes or payments for the contest, including the estimated value (net of value added tax) of the contract which might subsequently be awarded in accordance with regulation 14(1)(c) (provided that the contracting authority does not exclude such an award), is not less than the relevant threshold described in paragraphs (4) and (5).

    (4) Subject to paragraph (5), the relevant threshold for the purposes of paragraphs (2) and (3) is–

(a) 137,000 euro where offers are sought by a Schedule 1 entity; or

(b) 211,000 euro where offers are sought by any other contracting authority.

    (5) For the purposes of paragraphs (2) and (3), the relevant threshold is 211,000 euro in the case of a public services contract which is–

(a) for telecommunications services specified under CPV references 64200000-8 to 64228200-2, 72318000-7, and 72530000-9 to 72532000-3 within category 5 of Part A of Schedule 3;

(b) for research and development services specified in category 8 of Part A of Schedule 3,; or

(c) a Part B services contract.

    (6) This regulation does not apply to a design contest–

(a) where the contracting authority is a utility within the meaning of regulation 3 of the Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 and that contract is for the purposes of carrying out an activity specified in any Part of Schedule 1 to those Regulations in which the utility is specified;

(b) where the principal purpose is to permit the contracting authority to provide or exploit public telecommunications networks or to provide to the public one or more telecommunications services;

(c) which is classified as secret or where it must be accompanied by special security measures in accordance with the laws, regulations or administrative provisions of any part of the United Kingdom or when the protection of the essential interests of the security of the United Kingdom requires it;

(d) where different rules govern the procedures of the design contest and it is to be entered into in accordance with–


(i) an international agreement to which the United Kingdom and a State which is not a relevant State are parties and it relates to a design contest intended for the joint implementation or exploitation of a project related to that agreement;

(ii) an international agreement relating to the stationing of troops; or

(iii) the design contest procedures of an organisation of which only States are members (an "international organisation") or of which only States or international organisations are members; or



(e) which is otherwise excluded from the scope of these Regulations.

    (7) The contracting authority shall publicise its intention to hold a design contest by sending to the Official Journal a notice in the form of the design contest notice in Annex XII to Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1564/2005 and containing the information therein specified.

    (8) The contracting authority shall make the rules of the design contest available to economic operators which wish to participate in the contest.

    (9) Regulations 28(2) and 29 apply to design contests as they apply to the seeking of offers in relation to a proposed public contract.

    (10) Regulation 42(1)(b) to (8) applies to notices relating to design contests as they apply to notices in relation to a proposed public contract.

    (11) Regulation 44(1), (2) and (4) applies to all communications relating to design contests as they apply to a proposed public contract.

    (12) The contracting authority shall ensure that the specified means of communication and the of information storage enables–

(a) the integrity and confidentiality of information provided by those economic operators participating in the design contest to be maintained; and

(b) the jury to ascertain the contents of proposals only after the time limit for their submission has expired.

    (13) Where the contracting authority requires that proposals are to be received by electronic means, it shall ensure that–

(a) details of the equipment which is necessary for the electronic receipt of proposals, including encryption, are available to all economic operators which wish to participate in the design contest; and

(b) the equipment for the electronic receipt of proposals complies with the requirements of regulation 44(6).

    (14) Where the contracting authority restricts the number of economic operators in the design contest, it shall–

(a) establish clear and non discriminatory criteria to select those economic operators; and

(b) ensure that the number of economic operators selected is sufficient to ensure adequate competition.

    (15) A contracting authority shall ensure that–

(a) the members of the jury are all individuals who are independent of those economic operators participating in the design contest;

(b) where the economic operators are required to possess a particular professional qualification, that at least one third of the members of the jury also possess that qualification or an equivalent qualification;

(c) the proposals of the economic operators are submitted to the jury without any indication as to the authorship of each proposal;

(d) the jury makes its decisions or opinions independently and solely on the basis of the criteria specified in the notice referred to in paragraph (7);

(e) the jury is not informed of the authorship of any proposal until after it has reached its decision or opinion;

(f) the jury prepares minutes signed by its members in which it records–


(i) its ranking of the proposals based upon its assessment of each proposal's merits; and

(ii) its observations or details of any issues upon which clarification is required in relation to each proposal; and



(g) the jury may invite the economic operators to answer any questions to clarify issues noted in the minutes referred to in sub paragraph (f) and shall record complete minutes of any such communications with economic operators.

    (16) The contracting authority shall, not later than 48 days after the date the jury makes its selection, publicise the results of the design contest by sending to the Official Journal a notice in the form of the notice of the results of a design contest in Annex XIII to Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1564/2005 and including the information therein specified.

    (17) The contracting authority shall retain evidence of the date of despatch to the Official Journal of each notice.

    (18) Any of the information specified in the form of the notice referred to in paragraph (16) to be included in that notice may be omitted in a particular case where to publish such information—

(a) would impede law enforcement;

(b) would otherwise be contrary to the public interest;

(c) would prejudice the legitimate commercial interests of any person; or

(d) might prejudice fair competition between economic operators.

(a) the work or works to be carried out under a public works contract; or

(b) the services to be provided under a public services contract.

(a) whether the contract was a public services contract, a public supply contract or a public works contract;

(b) whether the framework agreement was for the provision of services, for the purchase or hire of goods or for the carrying out of work or works;

(c) the value (estimated if necessary) of the consideration payable under the contract or framework agreement;

(d) whether the open procedure, the restricted procedure, the negotiated procedure or the competitive dialogue procedure was used;

(e) if the negotiated procedure was used, under which provision of regulation 13 or 14 that procedure was used;

(f) in the case of–


(i) a public services contract or a framework agreement for the provision of services, the principal category of service provided or to be provided under the contract or framework agreement according to the nomenclature used in Schedule 3;

(ii) a public supply contract or a framework agreement for the purchase or hire of goods, the type of goods purchased or hired or to be purchased or hired under the contract or framework agreement; and

(iii) a public works contract or a framework agreement for the carrying out of works, the principal category of works carried out or to be carried out under the contract or framework agreement according to the nomenclature used in Schedule 2; and



(g) the nationality of the economic operator to which the contract was awarded or the framework agreement was concluded and the relevant State in which that economic operator is established.

(a) a contracting authority to comply with the provisions of these Regulations, other than regulations 14(2), 30(9), 32(14), 40 and 41(1), and with any enforceable Community obligation in respect of a public contract or design contest (other than one excluded from the application of these Regulations by regulation 6, 8 or 33); and

(b) a concessionaire to comply with the provisions of regulation 37(3);

is a duty owed to an economic operator.

    (2) The duty owed to an economic operator in accordance with paragraph (1), except in relation to–

(a) a Part B services contract;

(b) a contract for research and development services specified in category 8 of Part A of Schedule 3;

(c) regulation 34;

(d) regulation 36;

(e) regulation 37(1); or

(f) regulation 37(2);

is a duty owed also to a GPA economic operator.

    (3) The duty owed to a GPA economic operator referred to in paragraph (2) shall only be owed by the Secretary of State for Defence in relation to public supply contracts for the purchase or hire of goods specified in Schedule 5.

    (4) References to an "economic operator" in paragraphs (6), (7) and (8) shall be construed as including a reference to a GPA economic operator.

    (5) In this regulation and notwithstanding regulation 4, references to an "economic operator" include, where the duty owed in accordance with paragraph (1) is the obligation on a concessionaire to comply with regulation 37(3), any person–

(a) who sought, who seeks or would have wished, to be the person to whom a contract to which regulation 37(3) applies is awarded; and

(b) who is a national of a relevant State and established in a relevant State.

    (6) A breach of the duty owed in accordance with paragraph (1) or (2) shall be actionable by any economic operator which, in consequence, suffers, or risks suffering, loss or damage and those proceedings shall be brought in the sheriff court, the Court of Session, or in England and Wales and Northern Ireland, the High Court.

    (7) Proceedings under this regulation may not be brought unless–

(a) the economic operator bringing the proceedings has informed the contracting authority or concessionaire, as the case may be, of the breach or apprehended breach of the duty owed to it in accordance with paragraph (1) or (2) by that contracting authority or concessionaire and of its intention to bring proceedings under this regulation in respect of it; and

(b) those proceedings are brought promptly and in any event within 3 months from the date when grounds for the bringing of the proceedings first arose unless the Court considers that there is good reason for extending the period within which proceedings may be brought.

    (8) Subject to paragraph (9), but otherwise without prejudice to any other powers of the Court, in proceedings brought under this regulation the Court may–

(a) by interim order suspend the procedure leading to the award of the contract or the procedure leading to the determination of a design contest in relation to the award of which the breach of the duty owed in accordance with paragraph (1) or (2) is alleged, or suspend the implementation of any decision or action taken by the contracting authority or concessionaire, as the case may be, in the course of following such a procedure; and

(b) if satisfied that a decision or action taken by a contracting authority was in breach of the duty owed in accordance with paragraph (1) or (2)–


(i) order the setting aside of that decision or action or order the contracting authority to amend any document;

(ii) award damages to an economic operator which has suffered loss or damage as a consequence of the breach; or

(iii) do both of those things.

(a) the enactment specified in paragraph 1 of Schedule 7 shall be repealed; and

(b) the instruments specified in column 1 of paragraph 2 of Schedule 7 (which have the numbers specified in column 2) shall be revoked to the extent specified in column 3 of that paragraph.

Office of the Parliamentary Counsel

National School of Government

Central Office of Information

Charity Commission

Department for Constitutional Affairs

Boundary Commission for England

Circuit Offices and Crown, County and Combined Courts (England and Wales)

Combined Tax Tribunal

Council on Tribunals

Court of Appeal- Criminal

Immigration Appellate Authorities

Immigration Adjudicators

Immigration Appeals Tribunal

Lands Tribunal

Law Commission

Legal Aid Fund (England and Wales)

Office of the Social Security Commissioners

Pensions Appeal Tribunals

Public Trust Office

Supreme Court Group (England and Wales)

Transport Tribunal

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

British Library

British Museum

Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment

The Gambling Commission

Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England (English Heritage)

Imperial War Museum

Museums, Libraries and Archives Council

National Gallery

National Maritime Museum

National Portrait Gallery

National History Museum

Science Museum

Tate Gallery

Victoria and Albert Museum

Wallace Collection

Crown Prosecution Service

Crown Estate Commissioners (Vote Expenditure Only)

Department for Education and Skills

Higher Education Funding Council for England

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agricultural Dwelling House Advisory Committees

Agricultural Land Tribunals

Agricultural Wages Board and Committees

Cattle Breeding Centre

Countryside Agency

Plant Variety Rights Office

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution

Department of Health

Dental Practice Board

National Health Service Strategic Health Authorities

NHS Trusts

Prescription Pricing Authority

Department for International Development

Department for Transport

Maritime and Coastguard Agency

Department of the Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor

Legal Secretariat to the Law Officers

Department of Trade and Industry

Central Transport Consultative Committees

Competition Commission

Electricity Committees

Employment Appeal Tribunal

Employment Tribunals

Gas Consumers' Council

National Weights and Measures Laboratory

Office of Manpower Economics

Patent Office

Department for Work and Pensions

Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board

Independent Tribunal Service

Medical Boards and Examining Medical Officers (War Pensions)

Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority

Regional Medical Service

Social Security Advisory Committee

Export Credits Guarantee Department

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Wilton Park Conference Centre

Government Actuary's Department

Government Communications Headquarters

Home Office

HM Inspectors of Constabulary

Parole Board and Local Review Committees

House of Commons

House of Lords

Ministry of Defence

Meteorological Office

Defence Procurement Agency

National Archives

National Assembly for Wales

Higher Education Funding Council for Wales

Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales

Royal Commission for Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales

Valuation Tribunals (Wales)

Welsh National Health Service Authorities and Trusts

Welsh Rent Assessment Panels

National Audit Office

National Savings and Investments

Northern Ireland Assembly Commission

Northern Ireland Court Service

Coroners Courts

County Courts

Court of Appeal and High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland

Crown Court

Enforcement of Judgements Office

Legal Aid Fund

Magistrates' Courts

Pensions Appeals Tribunals

Northern Ireland, Department for Employment and Learning

Northern Ireland, Department for Regional Development

Northern Ireland, Department for Social Development

Northern Ireland, Department of Agricultural and Rural Development

Northern Ireland, Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure

Northern Ireland, Department of Education

Northern Ireland, Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment

Northern Ireland, Department of the Environment

Northern Ireland, Department of Finance and Personnel

Northern Ireland, Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

Northern Ireland, Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister

Northern Ireland Office

Crown Solicitor's Office

Department of the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland

Forensic Science Laboratory of Northern Ireland

Office of the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland

Police Service of Northern Ireland

Probation Board for Northern Ireland

State Pathologist Service

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Rent Assessment Panels

Office of Fair Trading

Office for National Statistics

National Health Service Central Register

Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration and Health Service Commissioners

Paymaster General's Office

Postal Business of the Post Office

Privy Council Office

Public Record Office

Royal Hospital, Chelsea

Royal Mint

Rural Payments Agency

Scotland, Auditor-General

Scotland, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service

Scotland, General Register Office

Scotland, Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer

Scotland, Registers of Scotland

The Scotland Office

The Scottish Ministers

Architecture and Design Scotland

Crofters Commission

Deer Commission for Scotland

Lands Tribunal for Scotland

National Galleries of Scotland

National Library of Scotland

National Museums of Scotland

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland

Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council

Scottish Law Commission

Local Health Councils

The NHS Education for Scotland Board

Scottish Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education

Scottish National Health Service Authorities and Trusts

The Office of the Accountant of Court

High Court of Justiciary

Court of Session

HM Inspectorate of Constabulary

Parole Board for Scotland and Local Review Committees

Pensions Appeal Tribunals

Scottish Land Court

Sheriff Courts

Scottish Criminal Record Office

Scottish Crime Squad

Scottish Fire Service Training Squad

Scottish Police College

Office of the Social Security Commissioners

Rent Assessment Panel and Committees

The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body

Scottish Record Office

HM Revenue and Customs

The Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office

HM Treasury

Office of Government Commerce

United Kingdom Debt Management Office

The Wales Office (Office of the Secretary of State for Wales)

in Austria, the Firmenbuch, Gewerberegister or Mitgliederverzeichnisse der Landeskammern;

in Belgium, the registre du commerce/Handelsregister or the orders professionels/ beroepsorden;

in Denmark, the Erhvervs- og Selskabstyrelsen;

in Finland, the Kaupparekisteri or Handelsregistret;

in France, the registre du commerce et des societes or the repertoire des metiers;

in Germany, the Handelsregister, the Handwerksrolle,the Verinsregister, Partnerschaftsregister or the Mitgliedsverzeichnisse de Berufskammern der Ländern;

in Iceland, the Firmaskrá or Hlutafélagaskrá;

in Italy, the Registro della Camera di commercio, industria, agricultura e artigianato, the Registro delle commissioni provinciali per l'artiginiato or the Consiglio nazionale degli ordini professionali;

in Luxembourg, the registre aux firmes and the role de la Chambre des metiers;

in the Netherlands, the Handelsregister;

in Norway, the Foretaksregisteret;

in Portugal, the Registo nacional das Pessoas Colectivas;

in Spain, the Registro Oficial de Empresas Clasificadas del Ministerio de Hacienda ; and

in Sweden, the Aktiebolags, Handelsellerföreningsregistret.

in Austria, the Firmenbuch, the Gewerberegister, the Mitgliederverzeichnisse der Landeskammern;

in Belgium, the Registre du commerce/Handelsregister;

in Denmark, the Erhvervs-og Selskabsstyrelsen;

in Finland, the Kaupparekisteri/Handelsregistret;

in France, the Registre du commerce et des societes or the Repertoire des metiers;

in Germany, the Handelsregister and the Handwerksrolle;

in Greece, the Μητρώο Ερολπτικών Επιχερήσεων ΜΕΕΠ of the Ministry for Environment, Town and Country Planning and Public Works (ΥΠΕΧΩΔΕ);

in Iceland, the Firmaskrá

in Italy, the Registro della Camera di commercio, industria, agricoltura e artigianato;

in Luxembourg, the Registre aux firmes and the Rôle de la chambre des metiers;

in the Netherlands, the Handelsregister;

in Norway, the Foretaksregisteret;

in Portugal, the Instituto dos Mercados de Obras Públicas e Particulares e do Imobiliário (IMOPPI) (CAEOPP);

in Spain, the Registro Official de Empresas Clasificadas del Ministerio de Hacienda; and

in Sweden, aktiebolags-, handels- eller föreningsregistren.

in Austria, the Firmenbuch, the Gewerberegister, the Mitgliederverzeichnisse der Landeskammern;

in Belgium, the Registre du commerce/Handelsregister;

in Denmark, the Erhvervs-og Selskabsstyrelsen;

in Finland, the Kaupparekisteri/Handelsregistret;

in France, the Registre du commerce et des societés or the Repertoire des métiers;

in Germany, the Handelsregister and the Handwerksrolle;

in Greece, the Βιοτεχνικό ή Εµπορικό ή Βιοµηχανικό Επιµελητήριο

in Iceland, the Firmaskrá;

in Italy, the Registro della Camera di commercio, industria, agricoltura e artigianato and Registro delle commissioni provinciali per l'artigianato;

in Luxembourg, the Registre aux firmes and the Rôle de la chambre des métiers;

in Norway, the Foretaksregisteret;

in the Netherlands, the Handelsregister;

in Portugal, the Registo Nacional das Pessoas Colectivas;

in Spain, the Registro Mercantil; and

in Sweden, aktiebolags-, handels- eller föreningsregistren.