# The Channel Tunnel Act (Competition) (No. 2) Order 1988, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order makes provision in connection with the approval by the Secretary of State by order under section 29 of the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 (as amended by section 33 of the Channel Tunnel Act 1987) of the channel tunnel agreement providing for the construction of the tunnel system.
This Order provides for the parties to that agreement specified in article 5 of the Order, and bodies corporate which are members of the same group as any of them, to be deemed to be interconnected bodies corporate for the purposes of the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976, in relation to agreements made exclusively for the purpose of the performance by the specified parties of their obligations, or the exercise of their rights, under the agreement approved under section 29. If, on the coming into force of this Order, the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 does not apply to an agreement then, by virtue of section 33(8) of the Channel Tunnel Act 1987, it shall be deemed never to have applied to that agreement.
This Order also provides for those parties and bodies corporate which are members of the same group as any of them to be deemed to be associated persons for the purposes of the Competition Act 1980, in relation to any course of conduct engaged in in connection with the construction of the tunnel system.
This Order comes into force on 16th February 1988.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/68/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/channel-tunnel-act-competition-no-2-order-1988/note
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