In all the talk about the block exemption, don't overlook UK legislation. The Supply of New Cars Order 2000 (SI no 2088) was the legislative response to the last Competition Commission investigation of the new car market and it remains in force.
An earlier statutory instrument, the Restrictions on Agreements (Manufacturers and Importers of Motor Cars) Order 1982 (SI 1982/1146) has been repealed - not before time, because it was defective when made, because it covered motor cars when it should have been limited to passenger cars. I asked a friendly backbench MP to oppose the SI in Parliament at the time: the government assured him that his fears (my fears, and therefore the fears of my employer the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders) were unfounded, and it became law in its defective state. So much for the negative resolution procedure. Or was it positive? I forget.
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