{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998-public-transport-ticketing-schemes-block-exemption-order-2001/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998-public-transport-ticketing-schemes-block-exemption-order-2001/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/319",
  "legislation_title": "The Competition Act 1998 (Public Transport Ticketing Schemes Block Exemption) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998-public-transport-ticketing-schemes-block-exemption-order-2001",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Block Exemption",
  "text": "(1) The category of agreements identified in paragraph (2) as public transport ticketing schemes is hereby specified for the purposes of section 6 of the Act.\n(2) For the purpose of this Order a public transport ticketing scheme is one or more of the following:\n(a) a written agreement between operators to the extent that it provides for members of the public to purchase, in a single transaction, a multi-operator travelcard;\n(b) a written agreement between operators to the extent that it provides for members of the public to purchase, in a single transaction, a through ticket;\n(c) a written agreement between operators to the extent that it provides for members of the public to purchase, in a single transaction, a multi-operator individual ticket;\n(d) a written agreement between operators to the extent that it provides for members of the public to purchase, in a single transaction, a short distance add-on;\n(e) a written agreement between one or more operators and one or more long distance operators to the extent that it provides for members of the public to purchase, in a single transaction, a long distance add-on;",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2016/126",
      "affecting_title": "The Competition Act 1998 (Public Transport Ticketing Schemes Block Exemption) (Amendment) Order 2016"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/319/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:05:21.935135+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}