The Competition Act 1998 (Public Transport Ticketing Schemes Block Exemption) Order 2001
This Order is a block exemption Order under section 6 of the Competition Act 1998 (`the Act'). It gives effect to the Director General of Fair Trading’s recommendation that public transport ticketing schemes (as defined in the Order) for local public transport services constitute a category of agreements which are likely to be agreements to which section 9 of the Act applies. Agreements which fall within the category specified in the block exemption Order are exempt from the prohibition in Chapter I of the Act.