Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Competition Act 1998 (Public Transport Ticketing Schemes Block Exemption) (Amendment) Order 2016 and comes into force on 29th February 2016.

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 fifteen years commencing on 1st March 2001” substitute “at the end of the period of twenty-five years commencing on 1st March 2001”.

(3) In article 3, in the definition of “multi-operator travelcard”—

(a) in the opening words, omit “three or more” where it appears for the second time;

(b) at the end of sub-paragraph (a) insert “and”;

(c) omit paragraph (b) (together with the final “and”); and

(d) for sub-paragraph (c) substitute—

“ (c) in practice, the ticket is not substantially used by passengers as a multi-operator individual ticket or a through ticket. ” .

(4) In article 4(2), omit “, in a single transaction,” wherever it appears.

(5) After article 21 insert—

“ 22. —(1) The Secretary of State shall before 28th February 2021—

(a) carry out a review of this Order;

(b) set out the conclusions of the review in a report; and

(c) publish the report.

(2) The report shall in particular—

(a) set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory system established by this Order;

(b) assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved; and

(c) assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved with a system that imposes less regulation. ” .