(1) An individual does not commit an offence under section 188(1) if, under the arrangements -
(a) in a case where the arrangements would (operating as the parties intend) affect the supply in the United Kingdom of a product or service, customers would be given relevant information about the arrangements before they enter into agreements for the supply to them of the product or service so affected,
(b) in the case of bid-rigging arrangements, the person requesting bids would be given relevant information about them at or before the time when a bid is made, or
(c) in any case, relevant information about the arrangements would be published, before the arrangements are implemented, in the manner specified at the time of the making of the agreement in an order made by the Secretary of State.
(2) In subsection (1), "relevant information" means -
(a) the names of the undertakings to which the arrangements relate,
(b) a description of the nature of the arrangements which is sufficient to show
…