2002 c. 40

Words in art. 23(2) substituted (1.4.2014) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892), art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 221(2) (with art. 3)

Words in art. 23(2A) substituted (1.4.2014) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892), art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 221(3)(a) (with art. 3)

Words in art. 23(2A) substituted (1.4.2014) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892), art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 221(3)(b) (with art. 3)

Words in art. 23(2A) substituted (1.4.2014) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892), art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 221(3)(c) (with art. 3)

Words in art. 23(2B) substituted (1.4.2014) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892), art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 221(4)(a) (with art. 3)

Words in art. 23(2B) substituted (1.4.2014) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892), art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 221(4)(b) (with art. 3)

Words in art. 23(2B) substituted (1.4.2014) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892), art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 221(4)(c) (with art. 3)

Words in art. 23(2B) substituted (1.4.2014) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892), art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 221(4)(d) (with art. 3)

Art. 23(2C) inserted (1.4.2014) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892), art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 221(5) (with art. 3)

1998 c. 41

SI 2004/1261

Word in art. 23(3) substituted (1.4.2014) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892), art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 221(6) (with art. 3)

Words in art. 23(3) inserted (1.4.2014) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), ss. 57, 103(3), Sch. 15 para. 54; S.I. 2014/416, art. 2(1)(f) (with Sch.)

Words in art. 23(3A) substituted (1.4.2014) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892), art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 221(7) (with art. 3)

Words in art. 23(3A) inserted (1.4.2014) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), ss. 57, 103(3), Sch. 15 para. 54; S.I. 2014/416, art. 2(1)(f) (with Sch.)

Word in art. 23(4) substituted (1.4.2014) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892), art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 221(6) (with art. 3)

Word in art. 23(4A) substituted (1.4.2014) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892), art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 221(6) (with art. 3)

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1998 c. 41

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Word in art. 23(3)(b) inserted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/93, Sch. 1 para. 7(2) (as substituted by The Competition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1343), regs. 1(1), 19)

Art. 23(3)(c) substituted for art. 23(3)(c)(d) by S.I. 2019/93, Sch. 1 para. 7(3) (as substituted by The Competition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1343), regs. 1(1), 19)

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1996/275/article/23The Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-07-22Expert Participation2024-05-25PART IIGAS SUPPLY AND ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIESConsumer protection: miscellaneous
23Functions with respect to competition

Para. (1) rep. by 2002 c. 40

2

The functions to which paragraph (2A) applies shall be concurrent functions of the Director and the CMA.

2A

This paragraph applies to the functions of the CMA under Part 4 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (other than sections 166 , 171 and 174E) so far as those functions—

a

are exercisable by the CMA Board (within the meaning of Schedule 4 to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013), and

b

relate to

commercial activities connected with the conveyance, storage or supply of gas.

2B

So far as necessary for the purposes of, or in connection with, paragraphs (2) and (2A)—

a

references in Part 4 of the Act of 2002 to the CMA (including references in provisions of that Act applied by that Part) shall be construed as including references to the Director (except in sections 166 , 171 and 174E of that Act and in any other provision of that Act where the context otherwise requires);

b

references in that Part to section 5 of the Act of 2002 are to be construed as including references to Article 27(1) of this Order.

2C

Section 130A of the Enterprise Act 2002 is to have effect in its application to the Authority by virtue of paragraphs (2) and (2A)—

a

as if for subsection (1) of that section there were substituted—

1

Where the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation—

a

is proposing to carry out its functions under Article 27(1) of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 in relation to a matter for the purposes mentioned in subsection (2), and

b

considers that the matter is one in respect of which it would be appropriate for the Authority to exercise its powers under section 174 (investigation) in connection with deciding whether to make a reference under section 131,

the Authority must publish a notice under this section (referred to in this Part as a “market study notice”).

, and

b

as if in subsection (2)(a) of that section, for “the acquisition or supply of goods or services of one or more than one description in the United Kingdom” there were substituted “ commercial activities connected with the conveyance, storage or supply of gas ”.

3

The Director shall be entitled to exercise, concurrently with the CMA, the functions of the CMA under the provisions of Part 1 of the Competition Act 1998 (other than sections 31D(1) to (6), 38(1) to (6) , 40B(1) to (4) and 51), so far as relating to—

a

agreements, decisions or concerted practices of the kind mentioned in section 2(1) of that Act,

b

conduct of the kind mentioned in section 18(1) of that Act, or

c

transferred EU anti-trust commitments or transferred EU anti-trust directions (as defined in section 40ZA of that Act),

connected with the conveyance, storage or supply of gas.

3A

So far as necessary for the purposes of , or in connection with, the provisions of paragraph (3), references in Part I of the Competition Act 1998 to the CMA are to be read as including a reference to the Director ( except in sections 31D(1) to (6), 38(1) to (6), 40B(1) to (4), 51, 52(6) and (8) and 54 of that Act and in any other provision of that Act where the context otherwise requires).

4

Before the CMA or the Director first exercises in relation to any matter functions which are exercisable concurrently by virtue of paragraph (2), it or he shall consult the other.

4A

Neither the CMA nor the Director shall exercise in relation to any matter functions which are exercisable concurrently by virtue of paragraph (2) if functions which are so exercisable have been exercised in relation to that matter by the other.

5

It shall be the duty of the Director, for the purpose of assisting a CMA group in carrying out an investigation on a market investigation reference made by the Authority (under section 131 of the Act of 2002) by virtue of paragraph (2). . . , to give to the group

a

any information which is in his possession and which relates to matters falling within the scope of the investigation and—

i

is requested by the group for that purpose; or

ii

is information which in his opinion it would be appropriate for that purpose to give to the group without any such request; and

b

any other assistance which the group may require and which it is within his power to give, in relation to any such matters,

and the group shall, for the purposes of carrying out any such investigation, take into account any information given to them for that purpose under this paragraph.

5A

In paragraph (5) “CMA group” has the same meaning as in Schedule 4 to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013.

6

If any question arises as to whether paragraph (2) or (3) applies to any particular case, that question shall be referred to and determined by the Department; and no objection shall be taken to anything done under—

a

Part 4 of the Enterprise Act 2002 ( market investigations); or

b

Part I of the Competition Act 1998 ( other than sections 31D(1) to (6), 38(1) to (6), 40B(1) to (4) and 51),

by or in relation to the Director on the ground that it should have been done by or in relation to the CMA.

7

Section 117 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (offences of supplying false or misleading information) as applied by section 180 of that Act shall have effect so far as relating to functions exercisable by the Director by virtue of paragraph (2) as if the references in section 117(1)(a) and (2) to the CMA included references to the Director.

Para. (8) rep. by 2002 c. 40

9

References in this Part to functions of the Director under this Part include references to functions exercisable by the Director by virtue of paragraph (2) or (3).

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,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/schedule/1/paragraph/221/2">Sch. 1 para. 221(2)</ref>
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<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/schedule/1/paragraph/221/3/b">Sch. 1 para. 221(3)(b)</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/article/3">art. 3</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c22552021">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1996/275/article/23/2A">art. 23(2A)</ref>
substituted (1.4.2014) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892">Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/article/2">art. 2</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/schedule/1/paragraph/221/3/c">Sch. 1 para. 221(3)(c)</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/article/3">art. 3</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c22552041">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1996/275/article/23/2B">art. 23(2B)</ref>
substituted (1.4.2014) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892">Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/article/2">art. 2</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/schedule/1/paragraph/221/4/a">Sch. 1 para. 221(4)(a)</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/article/3">art. 3</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c22552061">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1996/275/article/23/2B">art. 23(2B)</ref>
substituted (1.4.2014) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892">Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/article/2">art. 2</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/schedule/1/paragraph/221/4/b">Sch. 1 para. 221(4)(b)</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/article/3">art. 3</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c22552081">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1996/275/article/23/2B">art. 23(2B)</ref>
substituted (1.4.2014) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892">Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/article/2">art. 2</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/schedule/1/paragraph/221/4/c">Sch. 1 para. 221(4)(c)</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/article/3">art. 3</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c22552111">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1996/275/article/23/2B">art. 23(2B)</ref>
substituted (1.4.2014) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892">Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/article/2">art. 2</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/schedule/1/paragraph/221/4/d">Sch. 1 para. 221(4)(d)</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/article/3">art. 3</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c22552141">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1996/275/article/23/2C">Art. 23(2C)</ref>
inserted (1.4.2014) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892">Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/article/2">art. 2</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/schedule/1/paragraph/221/5">Sch. 1 para. 221(5)</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/article/3">art. 3</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c16918241">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/41">1998 c. 41</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c16918251">
<p>SI 2004/1261</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c22552161">
<p>
Word in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1996/275/article/23/3">art. 23(3)</ref>
substituted (1.4.2014) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892">Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/article/2">art. 2</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/schedule/1/paragraph/221/6">Sch. 1 para. 221(6)</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/article/3">art. 3</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c22551441">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1996/275/article/23/3">art. 23(3)</ref>
inserted (1.4.2014) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2013/24">Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2013/24/section/57">ss. 57</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2013/24/section/103/3">103(3)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2013/24/schedule/15/paragraph/54">Sch. 15 para. 54</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/416">S.I. 2014/416</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/416/article/2/1/f">art. 2(1)(f)</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/416/schedule">Sch.</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c22552221">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1996/275/article/23/3A">art. 23(3A)</ref>
substituted (1.4.2014) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892">Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/article/2">art. 2</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/schedule/1/paragraph/221/7">Sch. 1 para. 221(7)</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/article/3">art. 3</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c22551461">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1996/275/article/23/3A">art. 23(3A)</ref>
inserted (1.4.2014) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2013/24">Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2013/24/section/57">ss. 57</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2013/24/section/103/3">103(3)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2013/24/schedule/15/paragraph/54">Sch. 15 para. 54</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/416">S.I. 2014/416</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/416/article/2/1/f">art. 2(1)(f)</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/416/schedule">Sch.</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c22552191">
<p>
Word in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1996/275/article/23/4">art. 23(4)</ref>
substituted (1.4.2014) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892">Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/article/2">art. 2</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/schedule/1/paragraph/221/6">Sch. 1 para. 221(6)</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/article/3">art. 3</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c22552201">
<p>
Word in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1996/275/article/23/4A">art. 23(4A)</ref>
substituted (1.4.2014) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892">Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/article/2">art. 2</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/schedule/1/paragraph/221/6">Sch. 1 para. 221(6)</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/article/3">art. 3</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c22552241">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1996/275/article/23/5">art. 23(5)</ref>
substituted (1.4.2014) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892">Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/article/2">art. 2</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/schedule/1/paragraph/221/8/a/i">Sch. 1 para. 221(8)(a)(i)</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/article/3">art. 3</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c22552261">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1996/275/article/23/5">art. 23(5)</ref>
substituted (1.4.2014) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892">Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/article/2">art. 2</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/schedule/1/paragraph/221/8/a/ii">Sch. 1 para. 221(8)(a)(ii)</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/article/3">art. 3</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c16918361">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/41">1998 c. 41</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c22552281">
<p>
Word in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1996/275/article/23/5">art. 23(5)</ref>
substituted (1.4.2014) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892">Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/article/2">art. 2</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/schedule/1/paragraph/221/8/b">Sch. 1 para. 221(8)(b)</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/article/3">art. 3</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c22552341">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1996/275/article/23/5A">Art. 23(5A)</ref>
inserted (1.4.2014) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892">Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/article/2">art. 2</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/schedule/1/paragraph/221/9">Sch. 1 para. 221(9)</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/article/3">art. 3</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c22552361">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1996/275/article/23/6">art. 23(6)</ref>
substituted (1.4.2014) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892">Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/article/2">art. 2</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/schedule/1/paragraph/221/10/a">Sch. 1 para. 221(10)(a)</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/article/3">art. 3</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c22551471">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1996/275/article/23/6/b">art. 23(6)(b)</ref>
inserted (1.4.2014) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2013/24">Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2013/24/section/57">ss. 57</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2013/24/section/103/3">103(3)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2013/24/schedule/15/paragraph/54">Sch. 15 para. 54</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/416">S.I. 2014/416</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/416/article/2/1/f">art. 2(1)(f)</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/416/schedule">Sch.</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c22552381">
<p>
Word in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1996/275/article/23/6">art. 23(6)</ref>
substituted (1.4.2014) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892">Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/article/2">art. 2</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/schedule/1/paragraph/221/10/b">Sch. 1 para. 221(10)(b)</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/article/3">art. 3</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c22552211">
<p>
Word in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1996/275/article/23/7">art. 23(7)</ref>
substituted (1.4.2014) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892">Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/article/2">art. 2</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/schedule/1/paragraph/221/6">Sch. 1 para. 221(6)</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/892/article/3">art. 3</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-6a2b0715bd531576385f84c87a21a399">
<p>
Word in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1996/275/article/23/3/b">art. 23(3)(b)</ref>
inserted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/93, Sch. 1 para. 7(2) (as substituted by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/1343">The Competition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1343)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/1343/regulation/1/1">regs. 1(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/1343/regulation/19">19</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-4fe461b7941b4d11466a8e8b22fd443d">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1996/275/article/23/3/c">Art. 23(3)(c)</ref>
substituted for
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1996/275/article/23/3/c">art. 23(3)(c)(d)</ref>
by S.I. 2019/93, Sch. 1 para. 7(3) (as substituted by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/1343">The Competition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1343)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/1343/regulation/1/1">regs. 1(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/1343/regulation/19">19</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
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<em>Consumer protection: miscellaneous</em>
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<num>23</num>
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2
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2C
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</ins>
</ins>
<ins class="d29p5494">
<ins class="d29p5495">, the functions of the </ins>
</ins>
<ins class="d29p5494">
<ins class="d29p5495">
<ins class="substitution d29p5507 first last">
<noteRef href="#c22552161" marker="F13" class="commentary attribute F"/>
CMA
</ins>
</ins>
</ins>
<ins class="d29p5494">
<ins class="d29p5495"> under the provisions of Part 1 of the Competition Act 1998 (other than sections 31D(1) to (6), 38(1) to (6) </ins>
</ins>
<ins class="d29p5494">
<ins class="d29p5495">
<ins class="d29p5511 first last">
<noteRef href="#c22551441" marker="F14" class="commentary attribute F"/>
, 40B(1) to (4)
</ins>
</ins>
</ins>
<ins class="d29p5494">
<ins class="d29p5495"> and 51), so far as relating to—</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-23-3-a">
<num>
<ins class="d29p5494">
<ins class="d29p5495">a</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p5494">
<ins class="d29p5495">agreements, decisions or concerted practices of the kind mentioned in section 2(1) of that Act,</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-23-3-b">
<num>
<ins class="d29p5494">
<ins class="d29p5495">b</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p5494">
<ins class="d29p5495">conduct of the kind mentioned in section 18(1) of that Act, </ins>
</ins>
<ins class="d29p5494">
<ins class="d29p5495">
<ins class="key-6a2b0715bd531576385f84c87a21a399-1648563831920 first last">
<noteRef href="#key-6a2b0715bd531576385f84c87a21a399" marker="F28" class="commentary attribute F"/>
or
</ins>
</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-23-3-c">
<num>
<ins class="d29p5494">
<ins class="d29p5495">
<ins class="substitution key-4fe461b7941b4d11466a8e8b22fd443d-1648563941969 first">
<noteRef href="#key-4fe461b7941b4d11466a8e8b22fd443d" marker="F29" class="commentary attribute F"/>
c
</ins>
</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p5494">
<ins class="d29p5495">
<ins class="substitution key-4fe461b7941b4d11466a8e8b22fd443d-1648563941969 last">transferred EU anti-trust commitments or transferred EU anti-trust directions (as defined in section 40ZA of that Act),</ins>
</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>
<ins class="d29p5494">
<ins class="d29p5495 last">connected with the conveyance, storage or supply of gas.</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</wrapUp>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-23-3A">
<num>
<ins class="d29p5494">3A</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p5494">So far as necessary for the purposes of , or in connection with, the provisions of paragraph (3), references in Part I of the Competition Act 1998 to</ins>
<ins class="d29p5494">
<ins class="substitution d29p5548 first last">
<noteRef href="#c22552221" marker="F15" class="commentary attribute F"/>
the CMA
</ins>
</ins>
<ins class="d29p5494"> are to be read as including a reference to the Director (</ins>
<ins class="d29p5494">
<ins class="d29p5552 first last">
<noteRef href="#c16918251" marker="F12" class="commentary attribute F"/>
except in sections 31D(1) to (6), 38(1) to (6)
</ins>
</ins>
<ins class="d29p5494">
<ins class="d29p5555 first last">
<noteRef href="#c22551461" marker="F16" class="commentary attribute F"/>
, 40B(1) to (4)
</ins>
</ins>
<ins class="d29p5494 last">, 51, 52(6) and (8) and 54 of that Act and in any other provision of that Act where the context otherwise requires).</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-23-4">
<num>
<ins class="d29p5560 first">
<noteRef href="#c16918221" marker="F1" class="commentary attribute F"/>
4
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p5560">Before the </ins>
<ins class="d29p5560">
<ins class="substitution d29p5567 first last">
<noteRef href="#c22552191" marker="F17" class="commentary attribute F"/>
CMA
</ins>
</ins>
<ins class="d29p5560"> or the Director first exercises in relation to any matter functions which are exercisable concurrently by virtue of paragraph (2), it or he shall consult the other.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-23-4A">
<num>
<ins class="d29p5560">4A</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p5560">Neither the </ins>
<ins class="d29p5560">
<ins class="substitution d29p5577 first last">
<noteRef href="#c22552201" marker="F18" class="commentary attribute F"/>
CMA
</ins>
</ins>
<ins class="d29p5560 last"> nor the Director shall exercise in relation to any matter functions which are exercisable concurrently by virtue of paragraph (2) if functions which are so exercisable have been exercised in relation to that matter by the other.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-23-5">
<num>5</num>
<intro>
<p>
It shall be the duty of the Director, for the purpose of assisting
<ins class="substitution d29p5588 first last">
<noteRef href="#c22552241" marker="F19" class="commentary attribute F"/>
a CMA group
</ins>
in carrying out an investigation on a
<ins class="substitution d29p5592 first last">
<noteRef href="#c22552261" marker="F20" class="commentary attribute F"/>
market investigation reference made by the Authority (under section 131 of the Act of 2002)
</ins>
by virtue of paragraph (2)
<noteRef href="#c16918361" marker="F21" class="commentary F"/>
. . . , to give to the
<ins class="substitution d29p5598 first last">
<noteRef href="#c22552281" marker="F22" class="commentary attribute F"/>
group
</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-23-5-a">
<num>a</num>
<intro>
<p>any information which is in his possession and which relates to matters falling within the scope of the investigation and—</p>
</intro>
<clause eId="article-23-5-a-i">
<num>i</num>
<content>
<p>
is requested by the
<ins class="substitution d29p5614 first last">
<noteRef href="#c22552281" marker="F22" class="commentary attribute F"/>
group
</ins>
for that purpose; or
</p>
</content>
</clause>
<clause eId="article-23-5-a-ii">
<num>ii</num>
<content>
<p>
is information which in his opinion it would be appropriate for that purpose to give to the
<ins class="substitution d29p5624 first last">
<noteRef href="#c22552281" marker="F22" class="commentary attribute F"/>
group
</ins>
without any such request; and
</p>
</content>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-23-5-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>
any other assistance which the
<ins class="substitution d29p5634 first last">
<noteRef href="#c22552281" marker="F22" class="commentary attribute F"/>
group
</ins>
may require and which it is within his power to give, in relation to any such matters,
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>
and the
<ins class="substitution d29p5640 first last">
<noteRef href="#c22552281" marker="F22" class="commentary attribute F"/>
group
</ins>
shall, for the purposes of carrying out any such investigation, take into account any information given to them for that purpose under this paragraph.
</p>
</wrapUp>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-23-5A">
<num>
<ins class="d29p5644 first">
<noteRef href="#c22552341" marker="F23" class="commentary attribute F"/>
5A
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p5644">In paragraph (5) “</ins>
<term refersTo="#term-cma-group">
<ins class="d29p5644">CMA group</ins>
</term>
<ins class="d29p5644 last">” has the same meaning as in Schedule 4 to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-23-6">
<num>6</num>
<intro>
<p>If any question arises as to whether paragraph (2) or (3) applies to any particular case, that question shall be referred to and determined by the Department; and no objection shall be taken to anything done under—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-23-6-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p5667 first last">
<noteRef href="#c16918221" marker="F1" class="commentary attribute F"/>
Part 4 of the Enterprise Act 2002
</ins>
(
<ins class="substitution d29p5671 first last">
<noteRef href="#c22552361" marker="F24" class="commentary attribute F"/>
market investigations
</ins>
); or
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-23-6-b">
<num>
<ins class="d29p5675 first">
<noteRef href="#c16918241" marker="F11" class="commentary attribute F"/>
b
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p5675">Part I of the Competition Act 1998 (</ins>
<ins class="d29p5675">
<ins class="d29p5682 first last">
<noteRef href="#c16918251" marker="F12" class="commentary attribute F"/>
other than sections 31D(1) to (6), 38(1) to (6)
</ins>
</ins>
<ins class="d29p5675">
<ins class="d29p5685 first last">
<noteRef href="#c22551471" marker="F25" class="commentary attribute F"/>
, 40B(1) to (4)
</ins>
</ins>
<ins class="d29p5675 last"> and 51),</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<hcontainer name="wrapper">
<content>
<blockContainer class="BlockText">
<p>
by or in relation to the Director on the ground that it should have been done by or in relation to
<ins class="d29p5694 first">
<noteRef href="#c16918221" marker="F1" class="commentary attribute F"/>
the
</ins>
<ins class="d29p5694 last">
<ins class="substitution d29p5696 first last">
<noteRef href="#c22552381" marker="F26" class="commentary attribute F"/>
CMA
</ins>
</ins>
.
</p>
</blockContainer>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<paragraph eId="article-23-7">
<num>
<ins class="d29p5701 first">
<noteRef href="#c16918221" marker="F1" class="commentary attribute F"/>
7
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p5701">Section 117 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (offences of supplying false or misleading information) as applied by section 180 of that Act shall have effect so far as relating to functions exercisable by the Director by virtue of paragraph (2) as if the references in section 117(1)(a) and (2) to the </ins>
<ins class="d29p5701">
<ins class="substitution d29p5708 first last">
<noteRef href="#c22552211" marker="F27" class="commentary attribute F"/>
CMA
</ins>
</ins>
<ins class="d29p5701 last"> included references to the Director.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<hcontainer name="wrapper">
<content>
<blockContainer class="BlockText">
<p>
<em>Para. (8) rep. by 2002 c. 40</em>
</p>
</blockContainer>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<paragraph eId="article-23-9">
<num>9</num>
<content>
<p>
References in this Part to functions of the Director under this Part include references to functions
<ins class="d29p5724 first">
<noteRef href="#c16918241" marker="F11" class="commentary attribute F"/>
<ins class="d29p5725 first last">
<noteRef href="#c16918221" marker="F1" class="commentary attribute F"/>
exercisable by the Director by virtue of paragraph (2) or (3)
</ins>
</ins>
<ins class="d29p5724 last">.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
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