Statutory Instruments
1999 No. 2859 (C.74)
COMPETITION
The Competition Act 1998 (Commencement No. 4) Order 1999
Made
19th October 1999
Coming into force
10th November 1999
The Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 76 of the Competition Act 1998(1) hereby makes the following Order:
Citation
1. This Order may be cited as the Competition Act 1998 (Commencement No. 4) Order 1999.
Provisions of the Act commenced by this Order
2. 10th November 1999 is the appointed day for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Competition Act 1998:
(a)in Schedule 12 (minor and consequential amendments) paragraphs 1(3)(a), (b) and (d);
(b)in Schedule 13 (transitional provisions and savings) paragraphs 40 and 41; and
(c)in Part I of Schedule 14 (repeals and revocations) the entries relating to sections 10(2) and 54(5) of, and paragraphs 3(1) and (2) of Schedule 8 to, the Fair Trading Act 1973(2).
Stephen Byers
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
19th October 1999
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 10th November 1999 the repeal of sections 10(2) and 54(5) of the Fair Trading Act 1973 which provide that, on a monopoly reference to the Competition Commission, the Commission may not take any account of any provisions of an agreement in so far as they are provisions by virtue of which it is an agreement to which the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 (1976 c. 33) applies, and may not find that such provisions operate or may be expected to operate against the public interest. It brings into force the repeal of paragraphs 3(1) and (2) of Schedule 8 to the Fair Trading Act 1973. These subparagraphs preclude any order made by the Secretary of State which makes agreements, or their carrying out, unlawful from extending to agreements to which the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 applies. Finally it brings into force paragraphs 40 and 41 of Schedule 13 which make transitional provisions in respect of the repeals commenced by this Order.
Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders
(This note is not part of the Order)
The following provisions of the Competition Act 1998 have been brought into force by commencement orders made before the date of this Order.
| Provision | Date of commencement | S.I. No |
|---|---|---|
| s. 3(1)(a), (c) and (d) and (2) to (6) | 11.1.1999 | 1998/3166 |
| s. 3(1)(b) (partially) | 11.1.1999 | 1998/3166 |
| s. 12(3) | 11.1.1999 | 1998/3166 |
| s. 19 | 11.1.1999 | 1998/3166 |
| s. 38(1) to (7) | 11.1.1999 | 1998/3166 |
| s. 45 | 1.4.1999 | 1999/505 |
| s. 48 | 1.4.1999 | 1999/505 |
| s. 49(3) | 1.4.1999 | 1999/505 |
| s. 50 | 11.1.1999 | 1998/3166 |
| s. 51 | 26.11.1998 | 1998/2750 |
| s. 52 | 26.11.1998 | 1998/2750 |
| s. 53 | 11.1.1999 | 1998/3166 |
| s. 54(2) (partially) | 26.11.1998 | 1998/2750 |
| s. 54(3) (partially) | 11.1.1999 | 1998/3166 |
| 1.4.1999 | 1999/505 | |
| s. 54(4) to (7) | 11.1.1999 | 1998/3166 |
| s. 55(6) | 11.1.1999 | 1998/3166 |
| s. 57 | 11.1.1999 | 1998/3166 |
| s. 59 (partially) | 26.11.1998 | 1998/2750 |
| s. 59 (for all other purposes) | 11.1.1999 | 1998/3166 |
| s. 60 | 11.1.1999 | 1998/3166 |
| s. 66 | 1.4.1999 | 1999/505 |
| s. 67 | 1.4.1999 | 1999/505 |
| s. 68 | 1.4.1999 | 1999/505 |
| s. 69 | 11.1.1999 | 1998/3166 |
| s.74 (partially) | 11.1.1999 | 1998/3166 |
| 1.4.1999 | 1999/505 | |
| Sch. 1 | 11.1.1999 | 1998/3166 |
| In Sch. 2 para 6 | 11.1.1999 | 1998/3166 |
| Sch. 3 | 11.1.1999 | 1998/3166 |
| Sch. 4 | 11.1.1999 | 1998/3166 |
| Sch. 7 | 1.4.1999 | 1999/505 |
| In Sch. 8 para 1 and Part II | 1.4.1999 | 1999/505 |
| Sch. 9 | 26.11.1998 | 1998/2750 |
| In Sch. 10 paras 2 to 8 (partially) | 26.11.1998 | 1998/2750 |
| In Sch. 10 paras 9(7)(b), 10(6)(b), 11(b), 12(7)(b), 13(10)(b), 14(b), 15(9)(b), 17(7)(b) and 18(6)(b) | 11.1.1999 | 1998/3166 |
| In Sch. 10 paras 1, 9(1), (2) and (5), 10(1) and (2), 12(1), (2), and (6), 13(1), (3) and (8), 15(1) and (2), 17(1), (2) and (6) and 18(1) and (2) | 1.4.1999 | 1999/505 |
| In Sch. 12 paras 1(1), (2), (9) to (13) and (15), 4(1), (3) and (12), 6(a), 7(1) and (2), 14(1) and (3), 15, and 20(1) and (2) | 1.4.1999 | 1999/505 |
| In Sch. 12 paras 1(14), 3(b), 4(9) and (11), 10(b) and 18(b) | 11.1.1999 | 1998/3166 |
| In Sch. 13 paras 10(5) and 19(3) | 11.1.1999 | 1998/3166 |
| In Sch. 13 paras 11 and 12(1) (partially) | 11.1.1999 | 1998/3166 |
| In Sch. 14 the entries in Part I relating to ss. 4, 45, 81, 135 of, and Sch. 3 to, the Fair Trading Act 1973, and in Part II the entry relating to para 16(2) of Sch. 8 to the Agricultural Marketing (Northern Ireland) Order 1982 | 1.4.1999 | 1999/505 |
| In Sch. 14 the entries in Part I relating to s. 83 of the Fair Trading Act 1973 and to s. 22 of the Competition Act 1980 | 11.1.1999 | 1998/3166 |