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Part II References to Consumer Protection Advisory Committee
14. General provisions as to references to Advisory Committee.
16. Restriction on references under s. 14 in respect of certain goods and services.
17. Reference to Advisory Committee proposing recommendation to Secretary of State to make an order.
18. No such recommendation to be made except in pursuance of reference to which s. 17 applies.
19. Scope of recommendation proposed in reference to which s. 17 applies.
20. Time-limit and quorum for report on reference to which s. 17 applies.
21. Report of Advisory Committee on reference to which s. 17 applies.
Part III Additional Functions of Director for Protection of Consumers
34. Action by Director with respect to course of conduct detrimental to interests of consumers.
37. Order of, or undertaking given to, Court in proceedings under s. 35.
38. Provisions as to persons consenting to or conniving at courses of conduct detrimental to interests of consumers.
39. Order of, or undertaking given to, Court in proceedings under s. 38.
41. Concurrent Jurisdiction of other courts in certain cases.
42. Appeals from decisions or orders of courts under Part III.
43. Legal aid in proceedings under Part III in Restrictive Practices Court.
Undertakings as alternative to monopoly reference by Director
Restriction on power to make merger reference where prior notice has been given
Part VI References to Commission other than Monopoly and Merger References
Part VII Provisions Relating to References to Advisory Committee or to Commission
Part VIII Additional Provisions relating to References to Commission
87. Supplementary provisions as to laying reports before Parliament.
88. Action by Director in consequence of report of Commission on monopoly or merger reference.
89. Interim order after report of Commission under s. 54 or s. 72.
90. General provisions as to orders under ss. 56, 73, 74 and 89.
92. Investigation of company or association with reference to order to which s. 90 applies.
SCHEDULES
The Monopolies and Mergers Commission
Part II Performance of Functions of Commission
11.Where, after a direction under paragraph 10 of this Schedule...
15.In determining their procedure, and in exercising any powers conferred...
16.(1) Subject to the next following sub-paragraph, anything done by...
17.The quorum necessary— (a) for any meeting of the Commission...
22.For the purposes of a newspaper merger reference the Secretary...
Services Excluded from Sections 14 and 109
1.Legal services (that is to say, the services of barristers,...
2.Medical services (that is to say, the provision of medical...
3.Dental services (that is to say, any services falling within...
4.Ophthalmic services (that is to say, the testing of sight)....
5.Veterinary services (that is to say, any services which constitute...
6.Nursing services (that is to say, any services which constitute...
7.The services of midwives, physiotherapists or chiropodists in their capacity...
9.Accounting and auditing services (that is to say, the making...
10.The services of registered patent agents (within the meaning of...
11.The services of parliamentary agents entered in the register in...
12.The services of surveyors (that is to say, of surveyors...
13.The services of professional engineers or technologists (that is to...
14.Services consisting of the provision— (a) of primary, secondary or...
15.The services of ministers of religion in their capacity as...
Goods and Services Referred to in Section 16
1.Gas supplied through pipes to tariff customers (within the meaning...
3.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5.The carriage of goods or passengers by rail otherwise than...
6.The services of conveying, receiving, collecting despatching and delivering letters....
7.The running of any system for the conveyance, through the...
Matters Falling Within Scope of Proposals Under Section 17
1.Prohibition of the specified consumer trade practice either generally or...
2.Prohibition of specified consumer transactions unless carried out at specified...
3.Prohibition of the inclusion in specified consumer transactions of terms...
4.A requirement that contracts relating to specified consumer transactions shall...
5.A requirement that contracts or other documents relating to specified...
6.A requirement that specified information shall be given to parties...
Goods and Services (in addition to those in Schedule 5) Wholly or Partly Excluded from Section 50
Part III Goods Partly Excluded in Relation to Northern Ireland Only
Powers Exercisable by Orders Under Sections 56 and 73
Part I Powers Exercisable in all Cases
1.Subject to paragraph 3 of this Schedule, an order under...
2.Subject to the next following paragraph, an order may require...
9.An order may require a person supplying goods or services...
10.(1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, an...
12.(1) An order may prohibit or restrict the acquisition by...
13.In this Part of this Schedule “the appropriate Minister”, in...
Part II Powers Exercisable Except in Cases Falling within Section 56(6)
Procedure Preliminary to Laying Draft of Order to which Section 91(1) Applies
Transitional Provisions and Savings
1.(1) Subject to the following provisions of this Schedule, in...
3.Without prejudice to any express amendment made by this Act,...
4.Where any period of time specified in an enactment repealed...
5.Without prejudice to paragraph 1 of this Schedule, any reference...
6.Nothing in this Act shall affect the repealed enactments in...
Undertaking given in consequence of report on reference made under repealed enactments
Functions of Director in relation to orders made under Acts of 1948 and 1965
Provisions consequential upon transfer of functions from Registrar to Director
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