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Statutory Instruments

2013 No. 284 (C. 15)

Competition

The Competition Act 1998 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2013

Made

12th February 2013

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 76(3) of the Competition Act 1998(1).

Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Competition Act 1998 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2013.

Provisions coming into force on 10th March 2013

2.  The following provisions of the Competition Act 1998 come into force on 10th March 2013 so far as they are not already in force—

(a)section 1 (enactments replaced);

(b)section 74(3) (repeals); and

(c)Part 1 of Schedule 14 (repeals).

Jo Swinson

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment Relation and Consumer Affairs

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

12th February 2013

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 10th March 2013 the provisions of the Competition Act 1998 (c. 41) which are not already in force. The provisions in question are section 1(a), which provides for the Restrictive Practices Court Act 1976 (c. 33) to cease to have effect, and the provisions of section 74(3) and Part 1 of Schedule 14 which repeal that Act.