# The Competition Act 1998 (Technology Transfer Agreements Block Exemption) Order 2026, Introduction: Introductory text


This Statutory Instrument has been made in part in consequence of a defect in S.I. 2022/1271 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.
COMPETITION
Made 25th March 2026
Laid before Parliament 26th March 2026
Coming into force 1st May 2026
The Competition and Markets Authority has recommended that the Secretary of State make an order specifying certain categories of agreements relating to the transfer of technology rights for the purposes of section 6 of the Competition Act 1998 (“the Act”).
In accordance with section 8(1) 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 with some minor modifications and, in accordance with section 8(2) of the Act, has informed the Competition and Markets Authority of those modifications and has taken their comments into account.
The Secretary of State has also decided to amend the Competition Act 1998 (Research and Development Agreements Block Exemption) Order 2022 and has complied with section 8(5) of the Act in relation to the amendments to that Order.
The Secretary of State therefore makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6(2), (5), (6) and (7) and 71(3) of the Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/369/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998-technology-transfer-agreements-block-exemption-order-2026/introduction
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