{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998/section-50",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998/section-50.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/41",
  "legislation_title": "Competition Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998",
  "path": "section/50",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "50",
  "heading": "Vertical agreements and land agreements.",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may by order provide for any provision of this Part to apply in relation to—\n(a) vertical agreements, or\n(b) land agreements,\nwith such modifications as may be prescribed.\n(2) An order may, in particular, provide for exclusions or exemptions, or otherwise provide for prescribed provisions not to apply, in relation to—\n(a) vertical agreements, or land agreements, in general; or\n(b) vertical agreements, or land agreements, of any prescribed description.\n(3) An order may empower the CMA to give directions to the effect that in prescribed circumstances an exclusion, exemption or modification is not to apply (or is to apply in a particular way) in relation to an individual agreement.\n(4) Subsections (2) and (3) are not to be read as limiting the powers conferred by section 71.\n(5) In this section—\n“land agreement” and “vertical agreement” have such meaning as may be prescribed; and\n“prescribed” means prescribed by an order.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in s. 50(3) substituted (1.4.2014) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), s. 103(3), Sch. 5 para. 29 (with s. 28); S.I. 2014/416, art. 2(1)(d) (with Sch.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/41/section/50",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:12:29.340800+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}