The Competition Act 1998 (Competition Commission) Transitional, Consequential and Supplemental Provisions Order 1999

EC Competition Law (Articles 88 and 89) Enforcement Regulations 1996

37.  In the EC Competition Law (Articles 88 and 89) Enforcement Regulations 1996(1) (regulations for the procedure for, nature of and enforcement of decisions concerning competition between undertakings)–

(a) in regulation 2(1) repeal the entry for the MMC and insert in the appropriate place:

““the CC” means the Competition Commission”;

(b) in regulations 4(4), and (5), 5(3) and (4), 9(2), 10 to 13, 14(1), 15 to 18, 19(1)(a) and (2), 20(6)(b) and (7) to (9), 21(2)(a), (3)(a), (4)(a) and (5), 25, 28(2)(a) and (4)(a) and 30 for “MMC” in each place where it occurs substitute “CC”;

(c) in regulation 16–

(i) in the introductory words repeal “81 (procedures in carrying out investigations),” and for “Part II of Schedule 3 (performance of functions of the MMC)” substitute “Part II of Schedule 7 to the Competition Act 1998 (performance of the CC’s general functions)”;

(ii) repeal paragraph (f); and

(iii) for paragraph (g) substitute “(g) paragraph 20 of Schedule 7 were omitted”; and

(d) in regulation 28(2)(a) after “Part IV of the Airports (Northern Ireland) Order 1994”, insert “Competition Act 1998,”.

(1)

S.I. 1996/2199.