{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998-public-transport-ticketing-schemes-block-exemption-order-2001/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998-public-transport-ticketing-schemes-block-exemption-order-2001/article-6.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/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Conditions and consequences of breach of conditions",
  "text": "Unless there is an objective, transparent and non-discriminatory reason, a public transport ticketing scheme shall not, directly or indirectly, in isolation or in combination with other factors under the control of the parties:\n(a) have the object or effect of preventing any operator or potential operator from participating in that public transport ticketing scheme; or\n(b) to the extent that the scheme provides for members of the public to purchase a long distance add-on, have the object or effect of preventing any operator, potential operator, long distance operator or potential long distance operator from participating in that public transport ticketing scheme.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/319/article/6",
    "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."
}