The Competition Act 1998 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2000

Section 1(b) to (d) (enactments repealed)

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Section 2 (the Chapter I prohibition)

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Section 3(1)(b)

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Section 4 (individual exemptions)

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Section 5 (cancellation etc. of individual exemptions)

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Section 6 (block exemptions)

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Section 7 (block exemptions: opposition)

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Section 8 (block exemption: procedure)

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Section 9 (exemption criteria)

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Section 10 (parallel exemptions)

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Section 11 (exemption for certain agreements)

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Section 12(1) and (2) (requests for Director to examine agreements)

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Section 13 (notification for guidance)

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Section 14 (notification for a decision)

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Section 15 (effect of guidance)

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Section 16 (effect of decisions)

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Section 17 (enactments replaced)

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Section 18 (Chapter II prohibition)

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Section 20 (requests for Director to consider conduct)

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Section 21 (notification for guidance)

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Section 22 (notification for a decision)

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Section 23 (effect of guidance)

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Section 24 (effect of a decision)

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Sections 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31 (powers of investigation and decisions following investigations)

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Sections 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 and 37 (enforcement)

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Section 38(8) to (10) (level of penalties)

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Sections 39 and 40 (limited immunity)

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Section 41 (agreements notified to Commission)

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Sections 42 to 44 (offences)

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Section 46, 47, 49(1), (2) and (4) (appeals)

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Section 54(1) (regulators)

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Section 54(2) and (3)

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Section 55(1) to (5), (7) and (8) and 56 (confidentiality of information)

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Section 58 (findings of fact by Director)

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Sections 61 to 65 (investigations in relation to Articles 81 and 82 EC2)

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Section 70 (contracts as to patented products)

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Section 72 (offences by bodies corporate)

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Section 73 (Crown application)

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Section 74 (amendments, transitional provisions, savings and repeals)

In so far as it relates to the provisions in Schedule 10 brought into force by this Order

Schedule 2 (exclusions: competition scrutiny under other statutes) paragraphs 1 to 5

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Schedule 5 (procedure for notification under Chapter I) paragraphs 1 to 6

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Schedule 6 (procedure for notification under Chapter II) paragraphs 1 to 6

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Schedule 8 (appeals) paragraphs 2 to 4

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Schedule 10 (regulators) paragraphs 9(3), (4), (6), (7)(a) and (8), 10(3) to (5), (6)(a) and (7), 11(a), 12(3) to (5), (7)(a) and (8), 13(2), (4) to (7), (9) and (10)(a), 14(a), 15(3) to (8), (9)(a) and (10), 16, 17(3) to (5), (7)(a), (8) and (9), 18(3) to (5), (6)(a) and (7)

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Schedule 10 paragraphs 2 to 8

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Schedule 11 (interpretation of section 55)

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Schedule 12 (minor and consequential amendments) paragraphs 1(3)(c), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), 2, 3(a), 4(2), (4) to (8), (10), (13) to (15), 5, 6(b), 7(3) to (5), 8, 9, 10(a), 11, 12, 13, 14(2), 16, 17, 18(a), 19, 20(3) to (6) and 21

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Schedule 13 (transitional provisions and savings) paragraphs 8 to 10, 12(2), 13 to 18, 19(1) and (2), 20 to 34 and 36 to 39 and 42 to 46

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Schedule 13 paragraph 12(1)

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In Part I of Schedule 14 (repeals) the entries relating to section 78(3) of the Fair Trading Act 19733, the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 19764, the Resale Prices Act 19765, the Energy Act 19766, the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 19777, the Patents Act 19778, the Estate Agents Act 19799, sections 2 to 10, 11(8), 13(1), 15, 16(3), 17, 19(3), 19(5)(a), 25 to 30, 31 and 33(3) and (4) of the Competition Act 198010, the Telecommunications Act 198411, the Airports Act 198612, the Gas Act 198613, the Financial Services Act 198614, the Consumer Protection Act 198715, the Channel Tunnel Act 198716, the Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 198817, the Water Act 198918, the Electricity Act 198919, the Companies Act 198920, the Broadcasting Act 199021, the Water Industry Act 199122, the Water Resources Act 199123, the Osteopaths Act 199324, the Railways Act 199325, the Chiropractors Act 199426, the Coal Industry Act 199427, the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 199428, and the Broadcasting Act 199629 and in Part II the entries relating to the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 198130, the entry relating to the Competition Act 1980 in Schedule 8 of the Agricultural Marketing (Northern Ireland) Order 198231, the Companies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 198632, the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 199233, the Airports (Northern Ireland) Order 199434, and the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 199635

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