Statutory Instruments
2011 No. 227
Competition
The Competition Act 1998 (Public Transport Ticketing Schemes Block Exemption) (Amendment) Order 2011
Made
7th February 2011
Laid before Parliament
7th February 2011
Coming into force
28th February 2011
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6(2) and (7) of the Competition Act 1998( 1 ) (“the Act”), makes the following Order:
In July 2010, in accordance with section 8(1) and (4) 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( 2 ) 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 that Order.
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Competition Act 1998 (Public Transport Ticketing Schemes Block Exemption) (Amendment) Order 2011 and shall come into force on 28th February 2011.
Amendment of the Competition Act 1998 (Public Transport Ticketing Schemes Block Exemption) Order 2001
2. —(1) The Competition Act 1998 (Public Transport Ticketing Schemes Block Exemption) Order 2001 is amended as follows.
(2) In article 2, for “at the end of the period of ten years commencing on 1st March 2001.” substitute “at the end of the period of fifteen years commencing on 1st March 2001.”.
Edward Davey
Minister for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
7th February 2011
1998 c. 41 . Sections 6 and 8 were amended by the Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40) , section 278(1) and Schedule 25, paragraph 38.
S.I. 2001/319 , as amended by S.I. 2005/3347 .