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The Enterprise Act 2002 (Part 9 Restrictions on Disclosure of Information) (Specification) Order 2026

S.I. 2026/670 · Made 22 June 2026

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COMPETITION

DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION

Made 22nd June 2026

Laid before Parliament 25th June 2026

Coming into force 17th July 2026

The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 238 (1) (c) and 241 (3) (c) of the Enterprise Act 2002f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2002 c. 40; section 238 was amended by section 214 of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 18 to, the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (c. 13). Section 241 was amended by section 55 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24).

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and extent
  2. 2Specified subordinate legislation
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and extent

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Enterprise Act 2002 (Part 9 Restrictions on Disclosure of Information) (Specification) Order 2026.

(2)

This Order comes into force on 17th July 2026.

(3)

This Order extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

2Specified subordinate legislation

The Motor Fuel Price (Open Data) Regulations 2025f1 are specified for the purposes of sections 238 (1) (c) and 241 (3) (c) of the Enterprise Act 2002.

Signature

Martin McCluskey

Minister for Energy Consumers

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero 

22nd June 2026

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Part 9 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (“the Act”) restricts the disclosure of specified information which relates to the affairs of an individual or to any business of an undertaking. Specified information, defined by section 238 of the Act, includes information which comes to a public authority in connection with the exercise of any function it has under or by virtue of an enactment specified in Schedule 14 to the Act, or subordinate legislation specified for the purposes of section 238(1)(c) by order of the Secretary of State. Section 241(3) of the Act provides that a public authority may disclose specified information to another person for the purposes of facilitating the exercise of functions the other person has, including functions under an enactment specified in Schedule 15 to the Act or any subordinate legislation specified for the purposes of section 241(3)(c) by order of the Secretary of State.

This Order specifies, for the purposes of sections 238(1)(c) and 241(3)(c) of the Act, the Motor Fuel Price (Open Data) Regulations 2025. As a result, the provisions of Part 9 of the Act apply to information obtained by a public authority under the Motor Fuel Price (Open Data) Regulations 2025.

A full impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as it has no, or no significant, impact on the costs of business.