The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2014

Competition Act 1998 (Section 11 Exemption) Regulations 2001

6.—(1) The Competition Act 1998 (Section 11 Exemption) Regulations 2001(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), for the definition of “the Director’s rules” substitute—

““the CMA’s Rules” means the CMA’s rules set out in the Schedule to the Competition Act 1998 (Competition and Market Authority’s Rules) Order 2014(2);”.

(3) In regulation 3 (exemption)—

(a) in paragraphs (1) to (3), for “Director” (in each place where it occurs) substitute “CMA”;

(b) in paragraph (4)—

(i) for “Director” substitute “CMA”,

(ii) for “he” substitute “it”, and

(iii) for “rule 21 of the Director’s rules” substitute “rule 15 of the CMA’s Rules”.

(1)

S.I. 2001/2993. By virtue of section 2 of the Enterprise Act 2002 references to the Director General of Fair Trading in the 2001 Regulations have effect as references to the Office of Fair Trading. There are other amendments to the 2001 Regulations but none is relevant to this Order.

(2)

S.I. 2014/458