Part 13: General Schedule 2: Exempted contracts Part 2: Subject Matter Exempted Contracts Concession contracts
Paragraph 35 exempts concession contracts for utility activities relating to water services described in Schedule 4 paragraph 3(1) or (2).
	Paragraph 36 exempts concession contracts for scheduled air services for up to 4 years within the UK or the UK and Gibraltar and which are operated under an exclusive licence and subject to minimum service requirements. The Secretary of State must consider that the air services are needed to maintain sufficient transport links between the areas serviced. This exemption is intended to cover the situation where an exclusive public service obligation is put in place by the Secretary of State under Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No. 1008/2008 where there is a need for air services for public interest reasons where availability of other modes of transport / other air services is insufficient to serve the transport needs of the region. Whilst the Secretary of State imposes the obligation, once it is imposed, contracts to deliver the air services can be awarded by any contracting authority.
	Paragraph 37 exempts concession contracts for the provision of public passenger transport services.