Fair Trading Act 1973

107 Order bringing under control restrictive agreements relating to services

(1) The Secretary of State may by statutory instrument make an order in respect of a class of services described in the order (in this Act referred to, in relation to an order under this section, as " services brought under control by the order ") and direct by the order that, subject to the following provisions of this Part of this Act, the agreements to which Part I of the Act of 1956 applies shall include agreements, whether made before or after the passing of this Act and whether before or after the making of the order, which—

(a) are agreements between two or more persons carrying on business within the United Kingdom in the supply of services brought under control by the order, or between two or more such persons together with one or more other parties, and

(b) are agreements under which restrictions, in respect of matters specified in the order for the purposes of this paragraph, are accepted by two or more parties.

(2) A class of services described in an order under this section, as being the services brought under control by the order, may consist—

(a) of services of one or more descriptions specified in that behalf in the order, or

(b) of all services except services of one or more descriptions so specified, or

(c) of all services without exception.

(3) The matters which may be specified in such an order for the purposes of subsection (1)(b) of this section are any of the following, that is to say—

(a) the charges to be made, quoted or paid for designated services supplied, offered or obtained;

(b) the terms or conditions on or subject to which designated services are to be supplied or obtained ;

(c) the extent (if any) to which, or the scale (if any) on which, designated services are to be made available, supplied or obtained ;

(d) the form or manner in which designated services are to be made available, supplied or obtained ;

(e) the persons or classes of persons for whom or from whom, or the areas or places in or from which, designated services are to be made available or supplied or are to be obtained.