Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976

Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976[a]
Act of Parliament
coat of arms
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to consolidate the enactments relating to restrictive trade practices.
Citation1976 c. 34
Territorial extent 
Dates
Royal assent22 July 1976
Commencement15 December 1976[c]
Repealed1 March 2000[d]
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokes
Amended by
Repealed byCompetition Act 1998
Relates to
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 (c. 34) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to restrictive trade practices in the United Kingdom.[1]

The act was passed alongside the Restrictive Practices Court Act 1976.

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 44(b) of the act repealed 6 enactments, listed in schedule 6 to the act.[2]

Citation Short title Extent of repeal
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 68 Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1956 Section 1. Sections 6 to 17. Sections 19 to 22. In section 23, in subsection (2), paragraphs (b) to (d). Section 30. In the Schedule, paragraph 9.
1962 c. 29 Agricultural and Forestry Associations Act 1962 The whole act.
1968 c. 34 Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968 Section 44.
1968 c. 66 Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1968 The whole act, except sections 12, 14, 15, 16(3)(b), 17(1) and Schedule 1.
1972 c. 68 European Communities Act 1972 Section 10.
1973 c. 41 Fair Trading Act 1973 In section 54(5), the words "Part I of" where they appear before the words "that Act". In section 94(2) the words "the Act of 1956" and the words "and the Act of 1968". Sections 95 to 106. Part X. Section 128. In section 133, in subsection (1), the words "or under or by virtue of the Act of 1956 or the Act of 1968"; and in subsection (4), paragraph (b). In section 137, in subsection (1), the reference to "the Act of 1968"; in subsection (2), the words "except in Part X"; in subsection (3), the words "other than Part X (and without prejudice to the construction of that Part in accordance with section 117 of this Act)" and the words "with that exception"; in subsection (4), the words "except Part X"; and in subsection (5) the words "other than Part X". In section 140, subsection (2). Schedule 10. In Schedule 11, paragraphs 12 and 13. In Schedule 12, the entries relating to—(a) the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1956 (except so far as they relate to section 23 of that Act and to the Schedule to that Act); (b) the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1968 (except so far as they relate to section 12 of that Act); and (c) the European Communities Act 1972.

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 74(3) of, and schedule 14 to, the Competition Act 1998, which came into force on 1 March 2000.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Section 45(1).
  2. ↑ Section 45(2).
  3. ↑ Section 45(3). The Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 (Commencement) Order 1976 (SI 1976/1877).
  4. ↑ The Competition Act 1998 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2000 (SI 2000/344).

References

  1. ↑ "[R]Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 | LexisNexis". www.lexisnexis.co.uk. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  2. ↑ "Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1976 c. 34
  3. ↑ "Competition Act 1998", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1998 c. 41
This page is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.