Explanatory note

This Order brings into operation on 12th August 1980 the provisions of the Competition Act 1980 relating to the control of anti-competitive practices (sections 2 to 10, 15(2) to (5), 16, 17 and 31(2) and (3), so far as not already in operation) and to references to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission of questions concerning the operation of bus services by persons other than public bodies (section 11(3)(b), 3(f) (so far as relating to (3)(b)), (4) and (5)).