Fair Trading Act 1973

91 Procedure relating to orders to which s. 90 applies.U.K.

(1)No order to which section 90 of this Act applies and which exercises any of the powers specified in Part II of Schedule 8 to this Act, and no order varying or revoking any such order, shall be made unless a draft of the order has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament; and the provisions of Schedule 9 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the procedure to be followed before laying before Parliament a draft of any such order.

(2)Before making any order under section 56 or section 73 of this Act other than any such order as is mentioned in the preceding subsection, the Minister proposing to make the order shall publish, in such manner as appears to him to be appropriate, a notice—

(a)stating his intention to make the order;

(b)indicating the nature of the provisions to be embodied in the order; and

(c)stating that any person whose interests are likely to be affected by the order, and who is desirous of making representations in respect of it, should do so in writing (stating his interest and the grounds on which he wishes to make the representations) before a date specified in the notice (that date being not earlier than the end of the period of thirty days beginning with the day on which publication of the notice is completed);

and the Minister shall not make the order before the date specified in the notice in accordance with paragraph (c) of this subsection and shall consider any representations duly made to him in accordance with the notice before that date.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1S. 91(2) extended (1.5.1980) by Competition Act 1980 (c. 21), s. 12(6) and extended ibid., ss. 10(4), 33(5)

S. 91(2) applied (28.8.1996) by S.I. 1996/2199, reg. 23(3)