# The Supply of New Cars Order 2000 (revoked), Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order sets out remedies to the adverse effects on the public interest specified in the Competition Commission report entitled “New Cars: A report on the supply of new motor cars within the UK” published on 10th April 2000. Copies of the report may be obtained from The Stationery Office (Cm. 4660).
Article 1 defines various terms for the purposes of the Order.
Article 2 makes it unlawful for a supplier of new cars to discriminate unjustifiably between fleet customers and dealers with respect to discounts for the supply of similar volumes of new cars; and article 3 requires a supplier to notify dealers at intervals of discounts and other terms and conditions of supply of a range of volumes of cars. Article 4 requires a supplier to provide the Director General of Fair Trading with information following complaints alleging breach of articles 2 and 3.
Article 5 makes it unlawful for a supplier to discriminate against a contract hire company depending on whether he supplies cars to a fleet customer or not.
Article 6 makes it unlawful for a supplier to withhold the supply of new cars from a dealer because of the price at which he advertises new cars for sale; article 7 makes it unlawful for a supplier to restrict a dealer’s determination of the price at which he advertises new cars; and article 8 makes it unlawful for a supplier to give any preference to a dealer based on the price at which he advertises new cars.
Article 9 makes it unlawful for a supplier to make or carry out an agreement with regard to bonuses or targets that relates to or includes pre-registered cars; article 10 makes it unlawful for a supplier to give preference to a dealer because of the number of cars he has pre-registered in a specific period; and article 11 requires suppliers to publish on a monthly basis the number of, and the gross income received from, the supply of pre-registered cars.
Article 12 makes it unlawful for a supplier to make or carry out agreements relating to targets on which termination of a dealer’s agreement may depend unless those targets may include new cars obtained from another Member State of the European Economic Area; and article 13 makes it unlawful for a supplier to give preference to any dealer because that dealer does not supply new cars obtained from another such Member State.
Article 14 gives the Secretary of State powers to give directions in order to secure compliance with the Order.
A Regulatory Impact Assessment has been drawn up by the Department of Trade and Industry and is available from Competition Policy Directorate, Department of Trade and Industry, Room 617, 1 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0ET, telephone 020 7215 5607. Copies have been placed in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2088/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/supply-of-new-cars-order-2000/note/enacted
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