The Supply of Beer (Loan Ties, Licensed Premises and Wholesale Prices) Order 1989

Statutory Instruments

1989 No. 2258

MONOPOLIES AND MERGERS

The Supply of Beer (Loan Ties, Licensed Premises and Wholesale Prices) Order 1989

Made

1st December 1989

Laid before Parliament

4th December 1989

Coming into force

the purposes of articles 2(2) (a) and 3(2) (a)

1st January 1990

for all other purposes

1st May 1990

Whereas the Secretary of State, in accordance with section 91(2) of the Fair Trading Act 1973(1), published on 22nd, 25th and 26th August 1989 a notice stating his intention to make this Order, indicating the nature of the provisions to be embodied in it and stating that any person whose interests were likely to be affected by it and who was desirous of making representations in respect of it should do so in writing before 10th October 1989;

And whereas the Secretary of State has considered the representations made to him in accordance with that notice:

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, being the appropriate Minister within the meaning of section 56 of the said Act, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 56(2) and 90(2), (3) and (4) of, and paragraphs 1, 2, 4, 8 and 9 of Schedule 8 to, the said Act, and for the purpose of remedying or preventing adverse effects specified in a report of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission entitled “The Supply of Beer–a report on the supply of beer for retail sale in the United Kingdom”(2), hereby makes the following Order:–

(1)

1973 c. 41.

(2)

Cm 651.