The Restrictive Trade Practices (Standards and Arrangements) (Goods) Order 1995

Made: 4th December 1995

Coming into force: 29th December 1995

The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, in exercise of the power conferred on him by section 9(5) of the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976[^f00001], hereby makes the following Order:—

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1

• (1) This order may be cited as the Restrictive Trade Practices (Standards and Arrangements) (Goods) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 29th December 1995.

• (2) In this Order—

• “the 1976 Act” means the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976;

• “arrangements” means, in respect of the production, supply or acquisition of any goods or the application to goods of any process of manufacture, arrangements as to the provision of information or advice to purchasers, consumers or users;

• “standards” means, in respect of the production, supply or acquisition of any goods or the application to goods of any process of manufacture, standards of dimension, design, quality or performance.

Approval of standards and arrangements

2

• (1) The standards specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order, being standards adopted by Electricity Association Services Limited on 31st October 1995, are hereby approved for the purposes of section 9(5) of the 1976 Act.

• (2) The arrangements specified in Part II of the Schedule to this Order, being arrangements adopted by Electricity Association Services Limited on 31st October 1995, are hereby approved for the purposes of section 9(5) of the 1976 Act.

SCHEDULE

PART 1 — STANDARDS

PART II — ARRANGEMENTS

Signed

John M Taylor — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Competition and Consumer Affairs, — Department of Trade and Industry — 4th December 1995

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order approves standards of dimension, design quality or performance of goods and manufacturing processes and arrangements as to the provision of information or advice, all of which have been adopted by Electricity Association Services Limited. The effect of the Order is that, for the purpose of determining whether an agreement is one to which the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 applies, no account is taken of any term in the agreement by which parties or any of them agree to comply with, or to apply, the standards and arrangements so approved.

The standards and arrangements may be inspected at the premises of Electricity Services Limited, 30 Millbank, London SW1P 4RD.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1976 c. 34.