Deregulation (Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976) (Amendment) (Time Limits) Order 1996

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1996/347
Year1996

1996No. 347

DEREGULATION

The Deregulation (Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976)

(Amendment) (Time Limits) Order 1996

19thFebruary1996

19thMarch1996

Whereas:

(a) the Secretary of State is of the opinion that certain provisions of the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 ( a) impose burdens affecting persons in the carrying on of a trade, business profession or otherwise and that by amending or repealing the provisions concerned and by making certain other provision it is possible to remove or reduce the burdens without removing any necessary protection;(b) he has consulted such organisations as appear to him to be representative of interests substantially affected by his proposals and such other persons as he considers appropriate;(c) it appears to the Secretary of State that it is appropriate, following that consultation, to proceed with the making of this Order;(d) a document setting out the Secretary of State's proposals has been laid before Parliament in accordance with section 3 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 ( b) and the period for Parliamentary consideration under section 4 of that Act has expired;(e) the Secretary of State has had regard to the representations made during that period;(f) a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament with a statement giving details of such representations and the changes (if any) to the Secretary of State's proposals in the light of those representations; and(g) a draft of this Order has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 1 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994, hereby makes the following Order:

1. This Order may be cited as the Deregulation (Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976) (Amendment) (Time Limits) Order 1996 and shall come into force one month after the day on which it is made.

2. In this Order "the Act" means the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976.

3. The entries in the second column of the Table in paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 2 to the Act (time for furnishing particulars of agreements) shall be amended as follows:-

(i) in entry (a) by the omission of the words "Before the date on which any restriction accepted or information provision made under the agreement takes effect, and in any case"(ii) in entry (f) by the substitution for the existing entry of "within 3 months from the day on which the agreement becomes so...

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