The Restrictive Trade Practices (Standards) (Services) Order 1998

• Citation: S.I. 1998/1394
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Restrictive Trade Practices (Standards) (Services) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1 July 1998.

(2) In this Order—

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

“standards” means, in respect of making available, supplying or obtaining any designated services within the meaning of the 1976 Act, standards of performance in the provision of the services or standards of dimension, design, quality or performance in respect of goods used in providing them.

Section 2 Approval of standards

The standards specified in the Schedule to this Order, being standards adopted by Electricity Association Services Limited on 22 May 1998, are hereby approved for the purposes of section 18(5) of the 1976 Act.