The Restrictive Trade Practices (Non-notifiable Agreements) (Turnover Threshold) Order 1996
This Order specifies a description of a non-notifiable agreement for the purposes of section 27A of the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976. A non-notifiable agreement is an agreement which is registrable under the Act but of which particulars do not have to be furnished to the Director General of Fair Trading unless he requires them by serving a notice on the parties. This Order provides that an agreement to which the parties are persons whose aggregate annual turnover in the United Kingdom does not exceed £20 million on the date on which the agreement is made is a non-notifiable agreement. The Order contains detailed provisions as to how turnover is to be calculated. Section 27A provides that price fixing agreements and agreements of which particulars have been entered on the register of restrictive trading agreements are not non-notifiable agreements. This Order applies to agreements made on or after the date on which it comes into force.