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Land agreements the application of competition law following the revocation of the Land Agreements Exclusion Order [electronic resource]

By: Language: English Publication details: London OFT 2011Subject(s): Online resources: Summary: Guidance for business about the types of land agreements that may infringe competition law. Agreements between businesses concerning land have benefited from special treatment and have been excluded from the UK competition law prohibition on anti-competitive agreements but from April 6 2011 this exclusion will be removed and restrictions that prevent, restrict or distort competition will be void and unenforceable. OFT considered responses from interested parties and the final guidance seeks to provide greater clarity about the types of agreement that are likely to infringe competition law and those that are not.

Guidance for business about the types of land agreements that may infringe competition law. Agreements between businesses concerning land have benefited from special treatment and have been excluded from the UK competition law prohibition on anti-competitive agreements but from April 6 2011 this exclusion will be removed and restrictions that prevent, restrict or distort competition will be void and unenforceable. OFT considered responses from interested parties and the final guidance seeks to provide greater clarity about the types of agreement that are likely to infringe competition law and those that are not.