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This agreement has an Exclusion from The Public Contracts Regulations 2015. UK Statutory Instruments 2015 > No. 102 > PART 2 > CHAPTER 1 > SECTION 1 > SUB-SECTION 3 Exclusions Specific exclusions for service contracts 10.—(1) This Part does not apply to public service contracts— (d) for any of the following legal services:— (i) legal representation of a client by a lawyer within the meaning of Article 1 of Council Directive 77/249/EEC(3), as amended from time to time, in— (aa) an arbitration or conciliation held in a member State, a third country or before an international arbitration or conciliation instance, or (bb) judicial proceedings before the courts, tribunals or public authorities of a member State or a third country or before international courts, tribunals or institutions; (ii) legal advice given— (aa) in preparation of any of the proceedings referred to in paragraph (i), or (bb) where there is a tangible indication and high probability that the matter to which the advice relates will become the subject of such proceedings, provided that the advice is given by a lawyer within the meaning of Article 1 of Council Directive 77/249/EEC as amended from time to time; (iii) document certification and authentication services which must be provided by notaries; (iv) legal services provided by trustees or appointed guardians or other legal services the providers of which are designated by a court or tribunal in the member State concerned or are designated by law to carry out specific tasks under the supervision of such tribunals or courts; (v) other legal services which in the member State concerned are connected, even occasionally, with the exercise of official authority;