Competition Act 1998

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The Competition Act 1998 is a key UK law that prohibits anti-competitive agreements and abuse of dominant market positions to promote fair competition and protect consumers.

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Label Occurrences
Competition Act 1998 canonical 2

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Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
competition law ⓘ
alignedWith Articles 81 and 82 of the EC Treaty ⓘ
EU competition law ⓘ
allows appeals to the Competition Appeal Tribunal ⓘ
civil enforcement actions ⓘ
appliesTo associations of undertakings ⓘ
undertakings ⓘ
cameIntoForce 2000-03-01 ⓘ
chapterIIProhibitionTargets abuse of a dominant position ⓘ
chapterIProhibitionTargets anti-competitive agreements ⓘ
concerted practices ⓘ
decisions by associations of undertakings ⓘ
containsProvision exemptions for certain agreements ⓘ
leniency programme for cartel participants ⓘ
powers to conduct investigations ⓘ
powers to impose financial penalties ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
enforcedBy Competition and Markets Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ
Office of Fair Trading NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicalScope United Kingdom internal market ⓘ
jurisdiction United Kingdom ⓘ
legalSystem English law NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern Ireland law ⓘ
Scots law NERFINISHED ⓘ
legislature Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
longTitle An Act to make provision about competition ⓘ
maximumPenalty up to 10% of worldwide turnover ⓘ
part Chapter I prohibition ⓘ
Chapter II prohibition ⓘ
policyArea competition policy ⓘ
consumer protection ⓘ
primaryPurpose prohibit abuse of dominant position ⓘ
prohibit anti-competitive agreements ⓘ
promote fair competition ⓘ
protect consumers ⓘ
prohibits bid-rigging ⓘ
excessive pricing by dominant firms ⓘ
exclusive dealing by dominant firms ⓘ
market-sharing agreements ⓘ
output limitation agreements ⓘ
predatory pricing by dominant firms ⓘ
price-fixing agreements ⓘ
refusal to supply by dominant firms ⓘ
replacedRegime UK competition provisions of the Fair Trading Act 1973 ⓘ
royalAssentDate 1998-11-09 ⓘ
sectorCoverage goods ⓘ
services ⓘ
shortTitle Competition Act 1998 NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectTo amendment by subsequent UK competition legislation ⓘ
amendment by the Enterprise Act 2002 ⓘ
yearEnacted 1998 ⓘ

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UK Competition and Markets Authority → enforces → Competition Act 1998 ⓘ