Part VIU.K. Miscellaneous and General

Competition law: bus services and bus stationsU.K.

114 Monopoly references with respect to bus services.U.K.

(1)In section 11 of the M1Competition Act 1980 (references of public bodies and certain other persons subject to statutory controls to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission), in subsection (3) (which lists the persons who may be the subject of such a reference)—

(a)for paragraph (b) (any person not within paragraph (a) providing a bus service within the meaning of certain enactments) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(b)any person (not falling within paragraph (a) above) who provides in Northern Ireland a bus service within the meaning of section 14 of the Finance Act (Northern Ireland) 1966; or”; and

(b)in paragraph (bb), for the words “last-mentioned Act” there shall be substituted the words “ M2London Regional Transport Act 1984”.

(2)In Part I of Schedule 5 to the M3Fair Trading Act 1973 (which lists certain goods and services in respect of which references under section 14 of that Act to the Consumer Protection Advisory Committee or under section 50 or 51 of that Act to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission are excluded or, as the case may be, subject to restrictions not applicable in other cases)—

(a)for paragraph 4 (which at the passing of this Act refers to the carriage of passengers by road or rail) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

The carriage of passengers by road in Northern Ireland”; and

(b)in paragraph 5 (which at the passing of this Act refers to the carriage of goods by rail), after the word “goods” there shall be inserted the words “or passengers”.

(3)In paragraph 15(1) of Schedule 6 to the London Regional Transport Act 1984, paragraph (a) (amendment of section 11(3)(b) of the M4Competition Act 1980) shall be omitted.

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