(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act applies to —
(a) financial service contracts concluded at the same time as, before or after a contract of acquisition or rental of immovable property, in whatever form;
(b) any public procurement effected by a procuring entity.
(2) This Act does not apply to public procurement undertaken —
(a) to protect national security or defence, where —
(i) the Prime Minister so determines, and
(ii) the public procurement is undertaken by the most competitive method of public procurement available in the circumstances;
(b) for the acquisition or rental, by whatever financial means, of immovable property or concerning rights in such property;
(c) for the acquisition, development, production or co-production of programme material or commercials intended for broadcasting by broadcasters or publication in the media, and contracts for broadcasting time;
(d) for arbitration and conciliation services;
(e) for financial services in connection with the issue, sale, purchase or transfer of securities or other financial instruments, including transactions to raise money or capital;
(f) for research and development services on a non-discriminatory basis;
(g) for any public procurement made under a co-operative procurement agreement among OECS Member States;
(h) subject to section 54, for any public procurement funded by a donor organisation on the condition or understanding that the procuring entity uses or causes to be used the public procurement procedures —
(i) of the donor organisation, or
(ii) approved, or agreed to, by the donor organisation; and
(i) for the supply of electricity, telecommunications, water or other similar services by a contractor which is regulated by another enactment.
(3) Nothing in this Act or the Regulations affects the Civil Law of obligations and contracts as contain in the Civil Code of Saint Lucia;