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(1)Where a report of the [F3Competition and Markets Authority] has been laid before Parliament containing conclusions to the effect—
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(c)on a competition reference, that a person was engaged in an anti-competitive practice which operated or may be expected to operate against the public interest, or
(d)on a reference under section 11 of the Competition Act 1980 (reference of public bodies and certain other persons), that a person is pursuing a course of conduct which operates against the public interest,
the appropriate Minister or Ministers may apply to the comptroller to take action under this section.
(2)Before making an application the appropriate Minister or Ministers shall publish, in such manner as he or they think appropriate, a notice describing the nature of the proposed application and shall consider any representations which may be made within 30 days of such publication by persons whose interests appear to him or them to be affected.
(3)If on an application under this section it appears to the comptroller that the matters specified in the [F5Competition and Markets Authority’s report as being those which in the opinion of the Competition and Markets Authority] operate, or operated or may be expected to operate, against the public interest include—
(a)conditions in licences granted under a patent by its proprietor restricting the use of the invention by the licensee or the right of the proprietor to grant other licences, or
(b)a refusal by the proprietor of a patent to grant licences on reasonable terms
he may by order cancel or modify any such condition or may, instead or in addition, make an entry in the register to the effect that licences under the patent are to be available as of right.
(4)In this section “the appropriate Minister or Ministers”means the Minister or Ministers to whom the report of the [F6Competition and Markets Authority] was made.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 51 substituted by Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48, SIF 67A), s. 295, Sch. 5 para. 14
F2Words in s. 51 heading substituted (1.4.2014) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 33(5) (with art. 3)
F3Words in s. 51(1) substituted (1.4.2014) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 33(2) (with art. 3)
F4S. 51(1)(a)(b) repealed (20.6.2003 for specified purposes and 29.12.2004 in so far as not already in force) by Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40), s. 279, Sch. 25 para. 8(3), Sch. 26; S.I. 2003/1397, art. 2(1), Sch. (with arts. 3(1), 8, 12); S.I. 2004/3233, art. 2, Sch. (with arts. 3-5)
F5Words in s. 51(3) substituted (1.4.2014) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 33(3) (with art. 3)
F6Words in s. 51(4) substituted (1.4.2014) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 33(4) (with art. 3)
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