Performance of functionsU.K.
9(1)Anything authorised or required to be done by the Authority may be done by—E+W+S
(a)any member or employee of the Authority who is authorised for that purpose by the Authority, whether generally or specially;
(b)any committee of the Authority which has been so authorised.
(2)Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to any power to make statutory instruments.
[F1(2A)Sub-paragraph (1) is subject to provision in rules made under section 51 of the Competition Act 1998 by virtue of paragraph 1A of Schedule 9 to that Act in respect of the exercise of a function under Part 1 of that Act.]
(3)In sub-paragraph (1)(b) “committee of the Authority” does not include a committee whose members include any person who is not a member or employee of the Authority.
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 1 para. 9(2A) inserted (1.4.2014) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), s. 103(3), Sch. 15 para. 13; S.I. 2014/416, art. 2(1)(f) (with Sch.)
10E+W+SThe M1Statutory Instruments Act 1946 shall apply to any power to make statutory instruments conferred on the Authority by or under any Act as if the Authority were a Minister of the Crown.
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