The Restrictive Practices Court is a senior court of record in the United Kingdom. It was created in 1956 to foster competition through enforcement of the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1956. Though the Court was overhauled in 1976, by the end of the century, the legislation was perceived as increasingly out of line with Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty of Rome. Though, as of July 2008, the Court continues to exist, it has largely been replaced by a new judicial regime under the Competition Act 1998 and Enterprise Act 2002 and will be disestablished in due course.
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