http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/21/section/15/enactedWater Act 2014enKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2016-07-19Part 1Water industryCHAPTER 2Water and sewerage undertakersDuty of CMA to refer mergers of relevant undertakers
15Exclusion of small mergers: advice of CMA on threshold

In section 33 of the Water Industry Act 1991 (exclusion of small mergers from the duty to make a merger reference under section 32), after subsection (6) there is inserted—

6A

The CMA must—

a

keep under review the conditions set out in subsection (1)(a) and (b), and

b

from time to time advise the Secretary of State as to whether the conditions in subsection (1)(a) and (b), and the sums mentioned in those paragraphs, are still appropriate.

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