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(1)Subsection (2) applies if, on an application for a recognition order—
(a)the Director makes a report under section 303 but does not ask the Competition Commission to consider it under section 306;
(b)the Competition Commission concludes—
(i)that the applicant’s regulatory provisions do not have a significantly adverse effect on competition; or
(ii)that if those provisions do have that effect, the effect is justified.
(2)The Treasury may refuse to approve the making of the recognition order only if they consider that the exceptional circumstances of the case make it inappropriate for them to give their approval.
(3)Subsection (4) applies if, on an application for a recognition order, the Competition Commission concludes—
(a)that the applicant’s regulatory provisions have a significantly adverse effect on competition; and
(b)that that effect is not justified.
(4)The Treasury must refuse to approve the making of the recognition order unless they consider that the exceptional circumstances of the case make it inappropriate for them to refuse their approval.
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