Paragraph 5

United Kingdom

(1)

The Chapter I prohibition does not apply to an agreement to the extent to which it is made in order to comply with a legal requirement.

(2)

The Chapter II prohibition does not apply to conduct to the extent to which it is engaged in an order to comply with a legal requirement.

(3)

In this paragraph “legal requirement” means a requirement—

(a)

imposed by or under any enactment in force in the United Kingdom;

F1(b)

imposed by or under the EU withdrawal agreement or the EEA EFTA separation agreement and having legal effect in the United Kingdom without further enactment (and in this paragraph, “EEA EFTA separation agreement” has the same meaning as in the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (see section 39(1) of that Act)).

F2(c)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 3 para. 5(3)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/93, reg. 29(3)(a) (as substituted by The Competition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1343), regs. 1(1), 6)
F2: Sch. 3 para. 5(3)(c) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2019/93, reg. 29(3)(b) (as substituted by The Competition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1343), regs. 1(1), 6)

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1: Words in long title substituted (1.5.2004) by The Competition Act 1998 and Other Enactments (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1261), Sch. 1 para. 1