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.
(1)This section applies for the purposes of sections 9A to 9D.
(2)Each of the following is a specified regulator for the purposes of a breach of competition law in relation to a matter in respect of which he or it has a function—
[F2(a)the Office of Communications;]
(b)the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority;
[F3(c)the Water Services Regulation Authority;]
(d)[F4Office of Rail and Road];
(e)the Civil Aviation Authority;
F5(f). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F6(g)the Payment Systems Regulator established under section 40 of the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013.]
[F7(h)the Financial Conduct Authority.]
(3)The court is the High Court or (in Scotland) the Court of Session.
(4)Conduct includes omission.
(5)Director includes shadow director.]
Textual Amendments
F2S. 9E(2)(a) substituted (29.12.2003) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), ss. 406(1), 411(2), Sch. 17 para. 83 (with transitional provisions in Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(1), Sch. 1
F3S. 9E(2)(c) substituted (1.4.2006) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), ss. 101(1), 105(3), Sch. 7 para. 25; S.I. 2005/2714, art. 4(f) (with Sch. para. 8)
F4Words in s. 9E(2)(d) substituted (16.10.2015) by The Office of Rail Regulation (Change of Name) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1682), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 4(h)
F5S. 9E(2)(f) omitted (1.7.2022) by virtue of Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 12 para. 1; S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)
F6S. 9E(2)(g) inserted (1.4.2015) by Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (c. 33), ss. 67(1), 148(5); S.I. 2014/2458, art. 3(b)(iii)
F7S. 9E(2)(h) inserted (1.4.2015) by Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (c. 33), s. 148(5), Sch. 8 para. 8; S.I. 2014/2458, art. 3(b)(v)
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)