[F1 Disqualification for competition infringements N.I.

F1 2005 NI 9

Competition investigations N.I.

13C.— (1) If the [F2 CMA] or a specified regulator has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a breach of competition law has occurred it may carry out an investigation for the purpose of deciding whether to make an application under Article 13A for a disqualification order.

(2) For the purposes of such an investigation sections 26 to 30 of the Competition Act 1998 (c. 41) apply to the [F2 CMA] and the specified regulators as they apply to the [F2 CMA] for the purposes of an investigation under section 25 of that Act.

(3) Paragraph (4) applies if as a result of an investigation under this Article the [F2 CMA] or a specified regulator proposes to apply under Article 13A for a disqualification order.

(4) Before making the application the [F2 CMA] or regulator (as the case may be) shall—

(a) give notice to the person likely to be affected by the application, and

(b) give that person an opportunity to make representations.]

F2 Word in art. 13C substituted (1.4.2014) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 228 (with art. 3)