Explanatory note

This Order applies to publishers of magazines intended for campers, climbers or walkers (“specialist publishers”). It makes it unlawful, except in specified circumstances, for specialist publishers to withhold advertising services from persons seeking to place advertisements containing information relating to the price of goods advertised. It also makes it unlawful for specialist advertisers to discriminate in the prices charged for advertising services or terms as to credit or discount, between persons placing orders for advertisements containing such information and others, or to give other preferential treatment to persons placing orders for advertisements not containing such information.

Copies of the report of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission on which the Order is based (Cm 280) may be obtained from Her Majesty’s Stationery Office.