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Notice of intention to make an Order under section 165 of and Schedule 10 to the Enterprise Act 2002 and public consultation on the proposed Order.

1. On 7 January 2010 the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) referred local bus services to the Competition Commission (CC) for investigation and report. The reference was made under section 131 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (the Act). The OFT required the CC to confine its investigation to the effects of features of such market or markets for local bus services as exist in connection with the supply of such services in the UK excluding Northern Ireland and London.

2. The CC investigated the matters referred to it in accordance with section 131 of the Act and in accordance with section 134(1) of the Act concluded that there were features of relevant markets, either alone or in combination which prevented, restricted or distorted competition within the relevant markets. Therefore, the CC found in accordance with section 134(2) of the Act that there were adverse effects on competition (AECs).

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