Transport Act 2000

[F1 5 (1) The decision of the CMA on an application for permission to intervene is to be taken by an authorised member of the CMA. U.K.

(2) An authorised member of the CMA may grant permission to intervene in an appeal only if the member is satisfied that allowing the applicant to intervene is necessary or desirable for the proper resolution of the appeal.

(3) The authorised member—

(a) may grant permission to intervene for the purposes of supporting or opposing an appeal;

(b) must make any permission to intervene for the purpose of supporting an appeal subject to conditions preventing the intervener from putting forward new grounds of appeal;

(c) may make permission to intervene subject to other conditions, including conditions which limit the matters that may be raised by the intervener.

(4) An authorised member of the CMA must—

(a) publish the decision on an application for permission to intervene and the reasons for the decision;

(b) send a copy of the decision and reasons to the persons listed in sub-paragraph (5).

(5) Those persons are—

(a) the holder of the licence that is the subject of the appeal;

(b) if the application was made by someone other than the licence holder, the applicant;

(c) any other person with a qualifying interest in the decision that is the subject of the appeal;

(d) any owners or operators of aircraft that the authorised member considers appropriate;

(e) any owners or managers of prescribed aerodromes that the authorised member considers appropriate;

(f) the CAA.

(6) An authorised member of the CMA may exclude from publication under sub-paragraph (4) any information that the member is satisfied is—

(a) commercial information the disclosure of which would or might, in the opinion of the member, significantly harm the legitimate business interests of an undertaking to which it relates, or

(b) information relating to the private affairs of an individual the disclosure of which would or might, in the opinion of the member, significantly harm the individual's interests.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. A1 inserted (29.6.2021) by Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Act 2021 (c. 12), ss. 9(4), 21(3)-(7), Sch. 4; S.I. 2021/748, reg. 2(a)