Part 13: General Schedule 2: Exempted contracts Part 2: Subject Matter Exempted Contracts General
Paragraph 7 sets out the general provisions for subject-matter exempted contracts.
	Sub-paragraph (1) explains that this Part lists what is an exempted contract, which includes a framework provided it is only for the future award of contracts only of a kind that fall within the exemptions in this Part. The exemptions are not mutually exclusive and a contract can be an exempted contract if it falls under multiple paragraphs of this Schedule. If a contract is exempted, its award and management will not be subject to the Act.
	Sub-paragraph (2) makes provision about mixed contracts that partly fall within a subject-matter exemption and partly outside. Not all mixed contracts are exempt and this provision is intended to prevent situations where contracts are inappropriately amalgamated in order to take advantage of an exemption to bring the contract outside the scope of the procurement rules. The effect of this section is that where the exempt and non-exempt elements of the contract could reasonably be separated into different contracts, but the contracting authority chooses to procure a single contract, and the main purpose of the contract does not fall within an exemption listed in Part 2, the whole of that contract will be subject to the Act (i.e. it will not be an exempted contract).
	Sub-paragraph (3) explains factors that may be taken into account when considering if it is reasonable to supply under a separate contract.
	Sub-paragraph (4) clarifies that a "Part 2-only contract" is only a contract listed in Part 2 and not a contract listed in Part 1 of this Schedule.