(1)Where two or more persons are specified under section 34 below as the nominated undertaker for the same purpose of the same provision, the Secretary of State may by order provide that the persons so specified and any body corporate which is a member of the same group as any of them shall be deemed to be persons who are to be treated as associated for the purposes of section 2 of the [1980 c. 21.] Competition Act 1980.
(2)Where the Secretary of State approves a scheduled works agreement for the purposes of section 29 of the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976, he may by order provide that, in relation to any relevant course of conduct, such of the parties to the agreement as may be specified in the order and any body corporate which is a member of the same group as any of them shall be deemed to be persons who are to be treated as associated for the purposes of section 2 of the [1980 c. 21.] Competition Act 1980.
(3)In subsection (2) above, the reference to any relevant course of conduct is to any course of conduct engaged in in connection with the design, construction, financing, maintenance or operation of any of the scheduled works.