Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024

Part 2 Amendments to other legislation

Energy (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/419 (N.I. 6))

34 The Energy (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 is amended as follows.

35 In Article 63 (general restrictions on disclosure of information), in paragraph (6)—

(a) omit sub-paragraph (w);

(b) after sub-paragraph (x) insert—

“(y) the following provisions of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024—

(i) Part 3;

(ii) Chapter 1 of Part 4;

(iii) Chapter 2 of Part 5.”

36 (1) In Schedule 2 (orders altering licensable activities), paragraph 5 (references under paragraph 3: application of EA 2002) is amended as follows.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1), in the words before paragraph (a)—

(a) after “shall apply,” insert “as they had effect immediately before the relevant date and”;

(b) for “apply”, in the second place it occurs, substitute “applied immediately before that date”.

(3) In sub-paragraph (4)—

(a) after “shall apply” insert “, as it had effect immediately before the relevant date,”;

(b) for “applies” substitute “applied immediately before that date”.

(4) In sub-paragraph (5)—

(a) for “have”, in the first place it occurs, substitute “, immediately before the relevant date, had”;

(b) at the end insert “as those provisions had effect immediately before that date”.

(5) After sub-paragraph (6) insert—

“(7) In this paragraph “the relevant date” means the date on which section 143 of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 came into force.”

Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3172)

37 The Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2005 is amended as follows.

38 (1) Article 5 (references: powers of investigation) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (1), in the words before sub-paragraph (a)—

(a) after “shall apply,” insert “as they had effect immediately before the relevant date and”;

(b) for “apply”, in the second place it occurs, substitute “applied immediately before that date”.

(3) In paragraph (5)—

(a) for “have”, in the first place it occurs, substitute “, immediately before the relevant date, had”;

(b) at the end insert “as those provisions had effect immediately before that date”.

(4) After paragraph (5) insert—

“(6) In this article “the relevant date” means the date on which section 143 of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 came into force.”

39 (1) Article 10 (Article 9: supplementary) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (3), in the words before sub-paragraph (a)—

(a) after “shall apply,” insert “as they had effect immediately before the relevant date and”;

(b) for “apply”, in the second place it occurs, substitute “applied immediately before that date”.

(3) In paragraph (7)—

(a) for “have”, in the first place it occurs, substitute “, immediately before the relevant date, had”;

(b) at the end insert “as those provisions had effect immediately before that date”.

(4) After paragraph (7) insert—

“(8) In this Article “the relevant date” means the date on which section 143 of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 came into force.”

Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3336 (N.I. 21))

40 The Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 is amended as follows.

41 (1) Article 23 (references under Article 21: powers of investigation) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (1), in the words before sub-paragraph (a)—

(a) after “shall apply,” insert “as they had effect immediately before the relevant date and”;

(b) for “apply”, in the second place it occurs, substitute “applied immediately before that date”.

(3) In paragraph (4)—

(a) for “have”, in the first place it occurs, substitute “, immediately before the relevant date, had”;

(b) at the end insert “as those provisions had effect immediately before that date”.

(4) After paragraph (5) insert—

“(6) In this Article “the relevant date” means the date on which section 143 of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 came into force.”

42 (1) Article 27 (CMA’s power of veto following report: supplementary) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (6), in the words before sub-paragraph (a)—

(a) after “shall apply,” insert “as they had effect immediately before the relevant date and”;

(b) for “apply”, in the second place it occurs, substitute “applied immediately before that date”.

(3) In paragraph (9)—

(a) for “have”, in the first place it occurs, substitute “, immediately before the relevant date, had”;

(b) at the end insert “as those provisions had effect immediately before that date”.

(4) After paragraph (10) insert—

“(11) In this Article “the relevant date” means the date on which section 143 of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 came into force.”

43 In Article 265 (restrictions on disclosure of information), in paragraph (5)—

(a) omit sub-paragraph (s);

(b) after sub-paragraph (t) insert—

“(u) the following provisions of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024—

(i) Part 3;

(ii) Chapter 1 of Part 4;

(iii) Chapter 2 of Part 5.”

Postal Services (Appeals to the Competition Commission) (Investigations and Extension of Time Limits) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2749)

44 In Article 3 of the Postal Services (Appeals to the Competition Commission) (Investigations and Extension of Time Limits) Order 2011 (application of sections 109 to 117 of the 2002 Act), in the words before paragraph (a), after “shall apply,” insert “as they had effect immediately before the date on which section 143 of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 came into force and”.

Postal Services Act 2011 (Disclosure of Information) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1128)

45 In Article 4 of the Postal Services Act 2011 (Disclosure of Information) Order 2012, in the list of prescribed enactments—

(a) omit the entry for the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008;

(b) after the entry relating to the Consumer Rights Act 2015 insert—

• “the following provisions of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024—

  (a)

  Part 1;

  (b)

  Part 3;

  (c)

  Chapter 1 of Part 4;

  (d)

  Chapter 2 of Part 5.”