Statutory Instruments
2006 No. 605
COMPETITION
The Competition Act 1998 (Public Policy Exclusion) Order 2006
Made
6th March 2006
Laid before Parliament
9th March 2006
Coming into force
3rd April 2006
The Secretary of State is satisfied that there are exceptional and compelling reasons of public policy why agreements of the description specified in this Order should be excluded from the prohibition contained in Chapter I of the Competition Act 1998( 1 ). In exercise of the powers conferred by paragraphs 7(1) and (2) of Schedule 3 to the Competition Act 1998, the Secretary of State makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Competition Act 1998 (Public Policy Exclusion) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 3rd April 2006.
Interpretation
Exclusion from the Chapter I Prohibition
3. An agreement relating to the maintenance and repair of surface warships is excluded from the Chapter I Prohibition where—
(a) its purpose is to enable the parties to the agreement to provide or receive maintenance and repair services for surface warships; and
(b) it does not have as its object or effect the prevention, restriction or distortion of competition within the United Kingdom except in relation to the market for maintenance and repair of surface warships.
Gerry Sutcliffe
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs
Department of Trade and Industry
6th March 2006