SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 13 Transitional Provisions and Savings

Part I General

Interpretation

1

1

In this Schedule—

  • RPA” means the M1Resale Prices Act 1976;

  • RTPA” means the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976;

  • continuing proceedings” has the meaning given by paragraph 15;

  • the Court” means the Restrictive Practices Court;

  • Director” means the Director General of Fair Trading;

  • document” includes information recorded in any form;

  • enactment date” means the date on which this Act is passed;

  • information” includes estimates and forecasts;

  • interim period” means the period beginning on the enactment date and ending immediately before the starting date;

  • prescribed” means prescribed by an order made by the Secretary of State;

  • regulator” means any person mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (g) of paragraph 1 of Schedule 10 F1and the Civil Aviation Authority;

  • starting date” means the date on which section 2 comes into force;

  • transitional period” means the transitional period provided for in Chapters III and IV of Part IV of this Schedule.

2

Sections 30, 44, 51, 53, 55, 56, 57 and 59(3) and (4) and paragraph 12 of Schedule 9 (“the applied provisions”) apply for the purposes of this Schedule as they apply for the purposes of Part I of this Act.

3

Section 2(5) applies for the purposes of any provisions of this Schedule which are concerned with the operation of the Chapter I prohibition as it applies for the purposes of Part I of this Act.

4

In relation to any of the matters in respect of which a regulator may exercise powers as a result of paragraph 35(1), the applied provisions are to have effect as if references to the Director included references to the regulator.

5

The fact that to a limited extent the Chapter I prohibition does not apply to an agreement, because a transitional period is provided by virtue of this Schedule, does not require those provisions of the agreement in respect of which there is a transitional period to be disregarded when considering whether the agreement infringes the prohibition for other reasons.