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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998-public-transport-ticketing-schemes-block-exemption-order-2001/article-8",
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  "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/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Conditions and consequences of breach of conditions",
  "text": "A public transport ticketing scheme shall not, directly or indirectly, in isolation or in combination with other factors under the control of the parties, have the object or effect or limiting the frequency or timing of any public transport services operated by any operator or long distance operator, unless such restriction is indispensable to the effective operation of that scheme, pursuant to an agreement which provides for onward travel connections for passengers.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am (23.1.2006)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/3347",
      "affecting_title": "The Competition Act 1998 (Public Transport Ticketing Schemes Block Exemption) (Amendment) Order 2005"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/319/article/8",
    "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."
}