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Exemptions from the Competition Act 1998U.K.

6.—(1) The Chapter I prohibition does not apply to —U.K.

(a)an agreement for the constitution of an Operator; or

(b)an agreement for the constitution of a person who has applied for approval as an Operator in accordance with these Regulations and whose application has not yet been determined,

to the extent to which the agreement relates to rules made or guidance issued by the Operator.

(2) The Chapter I prohibition does not apply to a decision made by an Operator to the extent to which the decision relates to any of the rules made or guidance issued by that Operator or to the Operator’s specified practices.

(3) The Chapter I prohibition does not apply to the specified practices of—

(a)an Operator; or

(b)a person who is subject to the rules of an Operator.

(4) The Chapter I prohibition does not apply to any agreement the parties to which consist of or include—

(a)an Operator; or

(b)a person who is subject to the rules of an Operator,

to the extent to which the agreement consists of provisions the inclusion of which is required or contemplated by these Regulations or by any rules made or guidance issued by the Operator or by the Operator’s specified practices.

(5) In this paragraph—

“the Chapter I prohibition” means the prohibition imposed by section 2(1) of the Competition Act 1998(1); and

“specified practices” means—

(a)

any practices of an Operator in its capacity as such; or

(b)

any practices of persons who are members of, or otherwise subject to rules made by, an Operator and which are practices—

(i)

in relation to business in respect of which the persons in question are subject to the rules of the Operator where those practices are required or contemplated by the rules of the Operator or by guidance issued by the Operator; or

(ii)

otherwise attributable to the conduct of the Operator as such;

and expressions used in this paragraph which are also used in Part I of the Competition Act 1998 are to be interpreted in the same way as for the purposes of that Part of that Act.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 2 para. 6 in force at 26.11.2001, see reg. 1

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