The Competition Act 1998 (Groceries) (Public Policy Exclusion) Order 2020
Made: 17th December 2020
Laid before Parliament: 18th December 2020
Coming into force: 11th January 2021
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Citation and commencement
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Interpretation
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Qualifying activities
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Exclusion from the Chapter I prohibition
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Notification to the Secretary of State
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Register of agreements
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Expiry
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Signed
Paul Scully — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — 2020-12-17
Explanatory note
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Footnotes
[^f00001]: 1998 c. 41.
[^f00002]: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-maintaining-educational-provision/guidance-for-schools-colleges-and-local-authorities-on-maintaining-educational-provision type=start slip=2021-02-01 time=1612428764860A hard copy of this document can be obtained from the Competition Policy Team, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ETtype=end slip=2021-02-01 time=1612428764860.
[^f00003]: S.I. 2012/1916.
[^f00004]: Under section 59 of the Competition Act 1998 (interpretation) references in Part 1 of that Act to “agreement” are to be read with section 2(5) and (6) of the Act which provide that, unless the context otherwise requires, a provision of Part 1 of the Act which is expressed to apply to, or in relation to, an agreement is to be read as applying equally to, or in relation to, a decision by an association of undertakings or a concerted practice (but with any necessary modifications).
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