F1Part 1 of the Competition Act 199812.
(1)
Nothing in articles 4 to 9 of this Order shall have the effect that it is unlawful to make or carry out a provision of an agreement insofar as the making or carrying out of that provision is exempted (as to which see paragraph (2)).
(2)
The making or carrying out of a provision of an agreement is exempted if F2the agreement is exempt from the Chapter 1 prohibition as a result of—
(a)
section 9 of the Competition Act 1998; or
(b)
a block exemption or a retained exemption.
F3(3)
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(4)
In this article—
“agreement” means an agreement between undertakings, a decision of an association of undertakings or a concerted practice, F4and those expressions have the same meaning as they do for the purposes of the Competition Act 1998; and
F5...
F6“block exemption” has the meaning given by section 6(4) of the Competition Act 1998;
F6“the Chapter 1 prohibition” has the meaning given by section 2(8) of the Competition Act 1998;
F6“retained exemption” has the meaning given by section 10(3) of the Competition Act 1998.