F1PART 9ARules and Guidance
C1CHAPTER 4Competition scrutiny
Pt. 9A Ch. 4 applied (1.3.2014) by Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (c. 33), ss. 107(1), 148(5); S.I. 2014/377, art. 2(1)(a), Sch. Pt. 1
140AInterpretation
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In this Chapter—
F3“the CMA” means the Competition and Markets Authority.
“market in the United Kingdom” includes—
- a
so far as it operates in the United Kingdom or a part of the United Kingdom, any market which operates there and in another country or territory or in a part of another country or territory, and
- b
any market which operates only in a part of the United Kingdom;
- a
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“practices”, in relation to each regulator, means practices adopted by that regulator in the exercise of functions under this Act;
“regulating provisions” means—
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For the purposes of this Chapter, any reference to a feature of a market in the United Kingdom for goods or services is to be read as a reference to—
a
the structure of the market concerned or any aspect of that structure,
b
any conduct (whether or not in the market concerned) of one or more than one person who supplies or acquires goods or services in the market concerned, or
c
any conduct relating to the market concerned of customers of any person who supplies or acquires goods or services.
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In subsection (3) “conduct” includes any failure to act (whether or not intentional) and any other unintentional conduct.
Pt. 9A substituted for ss. 138-164 (24.1.2013 for specified purposes, 1.4.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), ss. 24(1), 122(3) (with Sch. 20); S.I. 2013/113, art. 2(1)(c), Sch. Pt. 3; S.I. 2013/423, art. 3, Sch.