SCHEDULES

[F1 SCHEDULE 8A U.K. Further Provision about Claims in Respect of Loss or Damage Before a Court or the Tribunal

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 8A inserted (9.3.2017) by The Claims in respect of Loss or Damage arising from Competition Infringements (Competition Act 1998 and Other Enactments (Amendment)) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/385), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 4 (with Sch. 1 para. 5)

Part 9 U.K.

Contribution and Consensual Settlements U.K.

Consensual settlement U.K.

37. In this Part of this Schedule, “consensual settlement” means an agreement relating to a dispute about loss or damage arising from an infringement of competition law which—

(a) is reached through a consensual dispute resolution process,

(b) is made between—

(i) an infringer or a person who has acquired an infringer’s liability in respect of the infringement (whether by operation of law or otherwise) (“the settling infringer”), and

(ii) a person who suffered the loss or damage or a person who has acquired such a person’s right to make a claim in respect of the loss or damage (whether by operation of law or otherwise) (“the settling complainant”), and

(c) entirely resolves the dispute between the settling infringer and the settling complainant.]