# The Competition Act 1998 (Specialisation Agreements Block Exemption) Order 2022, Introduction: Introductory text


Competition
Made at 1.24 p.m. on 5th December 2022
Laid before Parliament at 4.00 p.m. on 5th December 2022
Coming into force 1st January 2023
The Competition and Markets Authority has recommended that the Secretary of State make an order specifying certain categories of agreements relating to specialisation for the purposes of section 6 of the Competition Act 1998 (“the Act”).
In accordance with section 8 of the Act, before making the recommendation the Competition and Markets Authority published details of the proposed recommendation and considered the representations about it which were made to it.
The Secretary of State has decided to give effect to the recommendation without modifications.
The Secretary of State has also decided to vary a retained block exemption regulation under section 10A(1) of the Act. Before coming to that decision, the Secretary of State has—
(a) in accordance with section 10A(2) of the Act, had regard to the conditions specified in section 9(1) for exemption from the prohibition in Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Act, and
(b) in accordance with section 10A(5) of the Act, informed the Competition and Markets Authority of the proposed variations and taken into account that Authority’s comments.
The Secretary of State therefore makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6(2)(a), (5), (6) and (7), 10A(1) and 71(3) of the Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/1272/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998-specialisation-agreements-block-exemption-order-2022/introduction
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