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COMPETITION

Made 25th November 2025

Laid before Parliament 1st December 2025

Coming into force 1st January 2026

In January 2025, in accordance with section 8(1) and (4) of the Competition Act 1998^f1 (“the Act”), the Competition and Markets Authority (“the CMA”) published details of its proposed recommendation to the Secretary of State that the Competition Act 1998 (Public Transport Ticketing Schemes Block Exemption) Order 2001^f2 be amended.

The CMA considered the representations which were made to it about its proposed recommendation and, in accordance with section 8(3) of the Act^f3, has recommended that the Secretary of State vary that Order^f4.

The Secretary of State has decided to give effect to the recommendation without modification and makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6(2)(a) and (7) and 71(3)(a) of the Act.

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Footnotes

f1: 1998 c. 41. Section 8(1) was amended by paragraph 38(7) of Schedule 25 to the Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40) and paragraph 3 of Schedule 5 to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24).
f2: S.I. 2001/319, amended by S.I. 2005/3347, 2011/227, 2014/549, 2016/126.
f3: Section 8(3) was amended by paragraph 38(7) of Schedule 25 to the Enterprise Act 2002 and paragraph 3 of Schedule 5 to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013.
f4: The Competition and Markets Authority’s final recommendation can be found online at https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/678e0d6f2080f65f988bd3d1/CMA_s_final_recommendation_to_Secretary_of_State.pdf or obtained in hard copy by writing to Competition and Markets Authority, The Cabot, 25 Cabot Square, London E14 4QZ.