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(1)This section applies to proceedings before the court in which damages or any other sum of money is claimed in respect of an infringement of—
(a)the Chapter I prohibition;
(b)the Chapter II prohibition;
(c)the prohibition in Article 81(1) of the Treaty;
(d)the prohibition in Article 82 of the Treaty.
(2)In such proceedings, the court is bound by a decision mentioned in subsection (3) once any period specified in subsection (4) which relates to the decision has elapsed.
(3)The decisions are—
(a)a decision of the OFT that the Chapter I prohibition or the Chapter II prohibition has been infringed;
(b)a decision of the OFT that the prohibition in Article 81(1) or Article 82 of the Treaty has been infringed;
(c)a decision of the Tribunal (on an appeal from a decision of the OFT) that the Chapter I prohibition or the Chapter II prohibition has been infringed, or that the prohibition in Article 81(1) or Article 82 of the Treaty has been infringed.
(4)The periods mentioned in subsection (2) are—
(a)in the case of a decision of the OFT, the period during which an appeal may be made to the Tribunal under section 46 or 47 F2...;
(b)in the case of a decision of the Tribunal mentioned in subsection (3)(c), the period during which a further appeal may be made under section 49 F3...;
(c)in the case of any decision which is the subject of a further appeal, the period during which an appeal may be made to the [F4Supreme Court] from a decision on the further appeal;
and, where any appeal mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) is made, the period specified in that paragraph includes the period before the appeal is determined.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 58A and cross-heading inserted (20.6.2003) by Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40), s. 20(1)(2), 279 (with s. 20(2)); S.I. 2003/1397, art. 2(1), Sch.
F2Words in s. 58A(4)(a) repealed (20.7.2007) by The EC Competition Law (Articles 84 and 85) Enforcement (Revocation) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1846), reg. 1, Sch.
F3Words in s. 58A(4)(b) repealed (20.7.2007) by The EC Competition Law (Articles 84 and 85) Enforcement (Revocation) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1846), reg. 1, Sch.
F4Words in s. 58A(4)(c) substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 9 para. 65(4); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)
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