The Competition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

PART 4 Amendment of Part 4 of the 2019 Regulations: amendment of other primary legislation

12.  Schedule 1 to the 2019 Regulations is amended as follows.

Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986

13.  In paragraph 1(4), in the text inserted into section 9A(11) of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986(1) for “exit day” substitute “IP completion day”.

Gas Act 1986

14.  In paragraph 2, for sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), substitute—

“(2) At the end of paragraph (b), insert “or”.

(3) For paragraphs (c) and (d) substitute—

“(c) transferred EU anti-trust commitments or transferred EU anti-trust directions (as defined in section 40ZA of that Act),”.”.

Electricity Act 1989

15.  In paragraph 3, for sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), substitute—

“(2) At the end of paragraph (b), insert “or”.

(3) For paragraphs (c) and (d) substitute—

“(c) transferred EU anti-trust commitments or transferred EU anti-trust directions (as defined in section 40ZA of that Act),”.”.

Water Industry Act 1991

16.  In paragraph 4, for sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), substitute—

“(2) At the end of paragraph (b), insert “or”.

(3) For paragraphs (c) and (d) substitute—

“(c) transferred EU anti-trust commitments or transferred EU anti-trust directions (as defined in section 40ZA of that Act),”.”.

Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992

17.  In paragraph 5, for sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), substitute—

“(2) At the end of sub-paragraph (b), insert “or”.

(3) For sub-paragraphs (c) and (d) substitute—

“(c) transferred EU anti-trust commitments or transferred EU anti-trust directions (as defined in section 40ZA of that Act),”.”.

Railways Act 1993

18.  In paragraph 6, for sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), substitute—

“(2) At the end of paragraph (b), insert “or”.

(3) For paragraphs (c) and (d) substitute—

“(c) transferred EU anti-trust commitments or transferred EU anti-trust directions (as defined in section 40ZA of that Act),”.”.

Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

19.  In paragraph 7, for sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), substitute—

“(2) At the end of sub-paragraph (b), insert “or”.

(3) For sub-paragraphs (c) and (d) substitute—

“(c) transferred EU anti-trust commitments or transferred EU anti-trust directions (as defined in section 40ZA of that Act),”.”.

Financial Services and Markets Act 2000

20.  In paragraph 8, for sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), substitute—

“(2) At the end of paragraph (b), insert “and”.

(3) For paragraphs (c) and (d) substitute—

“(c) transferred EU anti-trust commitments or transferred EU anti-trust directions (as defined in section 40ZA of that Act).”.”.

Transport Act 2000

21.  In paragraph 9, for sub-paragraph (2) substitute—

“(2) In section 86(3)(2)—

(a) at the end of paragraph (b), insert “or”;

(b) for paragraphs (c) and (d) substitute—

“(c) transferred EU anti-trust commitments or transferred EU anti-trust directions,”.”.

Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002

22.  In paragraph 10(4), in the text inserted into Article 13A(11) of the Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002(3) for “exit day” substitute “IP completion day”.

Communications Act 2003

23.—(1) Paragraph 11 is amended as follows.

(2) For sub-paragraph (2), substitute—

“(2) In section 371(2)(4)—

(a) at the end of paragraph (b), insert “or”;

(b) for paragraphs (c) and (d) substitute—

“(c) transferred EU anti-trust commitments or transferred EU anti-trust directions (as defined in section 40ZA of that Act),”.”.

(3) In sub-paragraph (5), for “exit day” in both places, substitute “IP completion day”.

(4) In sub-paragraph (6), in the text inserted as paragraph 6(7A) of Schedule 11 to the Communications Act 2003(5), for “exit day”, in each place it occurs, substitute “IP completion day”.

(5) In sub-paragraph (7), in the text inserted as paragraph 6A of Schedule 11 to the Communications Act 2003, for “exit day”, in each place it occurs, substitute “IP completion day”.

Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006

24.  In paragraph 12, for sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) substitute—

“(2) At the end of sub-paragraph (b), insert “or”.

(3) For sub-paragraphs (c) and (d) substitute—

“(c) transferred EU anti-trust commitments or transferred EU anti-trust directions (as defined in section 40ZA of that Act),”.”.

Health and Social Care Act 2012

25.  For paragraph 13 substitute—

“13.   In section 72(2) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012(6), for paragraphs (c) and (d) substitute—

“(c) transferred EU anti-trust commitments or transferred EU anti-trust directions (as defined in section 40ZA of that Act).”.”.

Civil Aviation Act 2012

26.  In paragraph 14—

(a) after sub-paragraph (2) insert—

“(2A) In section 62(2)(a)(7), for “(d)”, substitute “(c)”.”;

(b) for sub-paragraph (3), substitute—

“(3) In section 62(3)—

(a) at the end of paragraph (b), insert “or”;

(b) for paragraphs (c) and (d), substitute—

“(c) transferred EU anti-trust commitments or transferred EU anti-trust directions (as defined in section 40ZA of that Act).”.”.

Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013

27.  In paragraph 15, for sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), substitute—

“(2) At the end of paragraph (b), insert “and”.

(3) For paragraphs (c) and (d) substitute—

“(c) transferred EU anti-trust commitments or transferred EU anti-trust directions (as defined in section 40ZA of that Act).”.”.

(1)

1986 c. 46. Section 9A was inserted by section 204(1) and (2) of the Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40). Subsection (11) was subsequently amended by S.I. 2011/1043.

(2)

Section 86(3) was substituted by S.I. 2004/1261 and subsequently amended by paragraph 14 of Schedule 15 to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, and by S.I. 2012/1809 and S.I. 2014/892.

(3)

S.I. 2002/3150 (N.I.4); article 13A was inserted by S.I. 2005/1454 (N.I.9) and subsequently amended by S.I. 2014/892.

(4)

Section 371(2) was substituted by S.I. 2004/1261, and subsequently amended by paragraphs 42 and 46 of Schedule 15 to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 and by S.I. 2012/1809 and S.I. 2014/892.

(5)

2003 c. 21. Paragraph 6 of Schedule 11 was amended by S.I. 2012/1809 and S.I. 2014/892.

(6)

2012 c. 7; section 72(2) was amended by paragraphs 47 and 48 of Schedule 15 to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 and S.I. 2014/892.

(7)

Section 62(2) was amended by S.I. 2014/892 and paragraphs 50 and 51 of Schedule 15 to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013.