http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3347/contents/madeFair tradingCredit licencesFares, passes and permitsThe Competition Act 1998 (Public Transport Ticketing Schemes Block Exemption) (Amendment) Order 2005Queen's Printer of Acts of Parliament2011-07-04COMPETITIONThis Order amends the Competition Act 1998 (Public Transport Ticketing Schemes Block Exemption) Order 2001 (SI 2001/319) (“the 2001 Order”). The 2001 Order is a block exemption order under section 6 of the Competition Act 1998 (“the Act”). It gives effect to the OFT’s recommendation that public transport ticketing schemes (as defined in Article 3 of the 2001 Order) for local transport services constitute a category of agreements which are likely to be agreements to which section 9 (now section 9(1)) of the Act applies. Agreements which fall within the category specified in the 2001 Order are exempt from the prohibition in Chapter 1 of the Act.The Competition Act 1998 (Public Transport Ticketing Schemes Block Exemption) (Amendment) Order 20051Citation and commencement2Amendment of the 2001 Order2005 No. 3347COMPETITIONThe Competition Act 1998 (Public Transport Ticketing Schemes Block Exemption) (Amendment) Order 2005Made5th December 2005Laid before Parliament7th December 2005Coming into force23rd January 2006
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 6(2), (5) and (7), 8(6), and 71(3) of the Competition Act 1998 (“the Act”) makes the following Order.
In April 2005, in accordance with section 8(1) of the Act, the Office of Fair Trading (“the OFT”) published details of its proposed recommendation to the Secretary of State that the Competition Act 1998 (Public Transport Ticketing Schemes Block Exemption) Order 2001 be amended. The OFT considered the representations which were made to it and, in accordance with section 8(3) of the Act, has recommended that the Secretary of State vary the 2001 Order. In accordance with section 8(2) of the Act, the Secretary of State informed the OFT of some minor modifications and has taken their comments into account.1998 c. 41.S.I. 2001/319.