3[F1(1)An application may be made to [F2the Office of Fair Trading (in this Schedule referred to as “the OFT”) for it] to decide whether the exercise or proposed exercise of a function to which this Schedule applies meets the competition test.E+W
(2)An application may be made under this paragraph by—
(a)the authority or authorities by whom the function has been exercised or is proposed to be exercised, or
(b)any operator of local services who is, or is likely to be, affected by the exercise of the function.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 10 para. 3 repealed (9.2.2009 for E., 1.4.2009 for W.) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), s. 134(4), Sch. 2 para. 5, Sch. 7 Pt. 2; S.I. 2009/107, art. 2(2), Sch. 2 Pt. 1; S.I. 2009/579, art. 2(d)
F2Words in Sch. 10 para. 3(1) substituted (1.4.2003) by Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40), s. 279, Sch. 25 para. 44(12)(b); S.I. 2003/766, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 3) (as amended (20.7.2007) by S.I. 2007/1846, reg. 3(2), Sch.)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 10 para. 3 wholly in force at 1.8.2001; Sch. 10 para. 3 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 275(1); Sch. 10 para. 3 in force (E.) at 1.2.2001 by S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(2), Sch. 3 Pt. I (subject to the savings in Sch. 3 Pt. II); Sch. 10 para. 3 in force (W.) at 1.8.2001 by S.I. 2001/2788, art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 8