Search Legislation

Competition Act 1998

 Help about what version

What Version

 Help about opening options

Opening OptionsExpand opening options

Status:

This is the original version (as it was originally enacted).

1(1)To the extent to which an agreement (either on its own or when taken together with another agreement)—

(a)constitutes a designated professional rule,

(b)imposes obligations arising from designated professional rules, or

(c)constitutes an agreement to act in accordance with such rules,

the Chapter I prohibition does not apply to the agreement.

(2)In this Schedule—

  • “designated” means designated by the Secretary of State under paragraph 2;

  • “professional rules” means rules regulating a professional service or the persons providing, or wishing to provide, that service;

  • “professional service” means any of the services described in Part II of this Schedule; and

  • “rules” includes regulations, codes of practice and statements of principle.

Back to top

Options/Help

You have chosen to open The Whole Act

The Whole Act you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.

Would you like to continue?

You have chosen to open The Whole Act as a PDF

The Whole Act you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download.

Would you like to continue?

You have chosen to open the Whole Act

The Whole Act you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.

Would you like to continue?

You have chosen to open Schedules only

The Schedules you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.

Would you like to continue?