Enterprise Act 2002 (repealed)

Chiropractors Act 1994 (c. 17)F1 U.K.

31 (1) The Chiropractors Act 1994 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 33(2) (competition and anti-competitive practices)—

(a) for the words from the beginning to “orders)” there is substituted “ Schedule 8 to the Enterprise Act 2002 (provision that may be contained in enforcement orders) ”;

(b) for “a competition” there is substituted “ an enforcement ”.

(3) After section 33(2) there is inserted—

“(2A) The references to anything permitted by Schedule 8 to the Enterprise Act 2002 in sections 160(4)(a), 161(3)(a) and 164(1) of that Act shall be construed accordingly.”

(4) In section 33(3), for “A competition” there is substituted “ An enforcement ”.

(5) For section 33(4) there is substituted—

“(4) In this section “an enforcement order” means an order under—

(a) section 160 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (orders following failure to fulfil final undertakings); or

(b) section 161 of that Act (final orders following market investigation reports).”

(6) For section 33(5) there is substituted—

“(5) For the purposes of an enforcement order section 86(3) of the Enterprise Act 2002 as applied by section 164(2)(a) of that Act (power to apply orders to existing agreements) shall have effect in relation to a regulatory provision as it has effect in relation to an agreement.”

Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation

F1 Act: for the words "solicitor of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland" wherever they occur there is substituted (prosp.) the words "solicitor of the Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland" by virtue of Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 5 [Editorial Note: this amendment will be carried through into the text of the Act at the same time as any other effects on the Act for the year in which the relevant commencement order (or first such order) is made]