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(1)The court must make a disqualification order against a person if the following two conditions are satisfied in relation to him.
(2)The first condition is that an undertaking which is a company of which he is a director commits a breach of competition law.
(3)The second condition is that the court considers that his conduct as a director makes him unfit to be concerned in the management of a company.
(4)An undertaking commits a breach of competition law if it engages in conduct which infringes [F2either of the following]—
(a)the Chapter 1 prohibition (within the meaning of the Competition Act 1998) (prohibition on agreements, etc. preventing, restricting or distorting competition);
(b)the Chapter 2 prohibition (within the meaning of that Act) (prohibition on abuse of a dominant position);
F3(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F4(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5)For the purpose of deciding under subsection (3) whether a person is unfit to be concerned in the management of a company the court—
(a)must have regard to whether subsection (6) applies to him;
(b)may have regard to his conduct as a director of a company in connection with any other breach of competition law;
(c)must not have regard to the matters mentioned in Schedule 1.
(6)This subsection applies to a person if as a director of the company—
(a)his conduct contributed to the breach of competition law mentioned in subsection (2);
(b)his conduct did not contribute to the breach but he had reasonable grounds to suspect that the conduct of the undertaking constituted the breach and he took no steps to prevent it;
(c)he did not know but ought to have known that the conduct of the undertaking constituted the breach.
(7)For the purposes of subsection (6)(a) it is immaterial whether the person knew that the conduct of the undertaking constituted the breach.
(8)For the purposes of subsection (4)(a) F5... references to the conduct of an undertaking are references to its conduct taken with the conduct of one or more other undertakings.
(9)The maximum period of disqualification under this section is 15 years.
(10)An application under this section for a disqualification order may be made by the [F6Competition and Markets Authority] or by a specified regulator.
(11)[F7Section 60A of the Competition Act 1998 (certain principles etc to be considered or applied from IP completion day)] applies in relation to any question arising by virtue of subsection (4)(a) or (b) above as it applies in relation to any question arising under Part 1 of that Act.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 9A-9E and cross-heading inserted (20.6.2003) by 2002 c. 40, ss. 204(2), 279; S.I. 2003/1397, art. 2, Sch.
F2Words in s. 9A(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Competition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/93), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 1(2)(a) (with Sch. 4 para. 36) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1343, regs. 35-59); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3S. 9A(4)(c) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Competition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/93), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 1(2)(b) (with Sch. 4 para. 36) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1343, regs. 35-59); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4S. 9A(4)(d) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Competition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/93), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 1(2)(b) (with Sch. 4 para. 36) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1343, regs. 35-59); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Words in s. 9A(8) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Competition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/93), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 1(3) (with Sch. 4 para. 36) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1343, regs. 35-59); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6Words in s. 9A(10) 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. 53(b) (with art. 3)
F7Words in s. 9A(11) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Competition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/93), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 1(4) (as amended by The Competition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1343), regs. 1(1), 13); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 6-10 applied (with modifications) by S.I. 1994/2421, art. 16, Sch. 8 (as amended (E.W.) (8.12.2017) by The Insolvency (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1119), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 paras. 4, 8)
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