Enterprise Act 2002

122 Primacy of [F1 EU] law U.K.

(1) Advice and information published by virtue of section 106(1) F2 ... shall include such advice and information about the effect of [F1 EU] law, and anything done under or in accordance with it, on the provisions of this Part as the [F3 CMA] considers appropriate.

(2) Advice and information published by the [F4 CMA] by virtue of section 106(1) shall, in particular, include advice and information about the circumstances in which the duties of the [F4 CMA] under sections 22 and 33 do not apply as a result of the [F5 EC Merger Regulation] or anything done under or in accordance with them.

(3) The duty or power to make a reference under section 22 or 45(2) or (3), and the power to give an intervention notice under section 42, shall apply in a case in which the relevant enterprises ceased to be distinct enterprises at a time or in circumstances not falling within section 24 if the condition mentioned in subsection (4) is satisfied.

(4) The condition mentioned in this subsection is that, because of the [F5 EC Merger Regulation] or anything done under or in accordance with them, the reference, or (as the case may be) the reference under section 22 to which the intervention notice relates, could not have been made earlier than 4 months before the date on which it is to be made.

(5) Where the duty or power to make a reference under section 22 or 45(2) or (3), or the power to give an intervention notice under section 42, applies as mentioned in subsection (3), references in this Part to the creation of a relevant merger situation shall be construed accordingly.

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in Act substituted (22.4.2011) by The Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1043), arts. 2, 3, 6 (with art. 3(2)(3), 4(2), 6(4)(5))

F2 Words in s. 122(1) omitted (1.4.2014) by virtue of Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), s. 103(3), Sch. 5 para. 157(2)(a) (with s. 28); S.I. 2014/416, art. 2(1)(d) (with Sch.)

F3 Word in s. 122(1) substituted (1.4.2014) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), s. 103(3), Sch. 5 para. 157(2)(b) (with s. 28); S.I. 2014/416, art. 2(1)(d) (with Sch.)

F4 Word in s. 122(2) substituted (1.4.2014) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), s. 103(3), Sch. 5 para. 157(3) (with s. 28); S.I. 2014/416, art. 2(1)(d) (with Sch.)

F5 Words in s. 122(2)(4) substituted (1.5.2004) by The EC Merger Control (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1079), reg. 2, Sch. para. 2(24)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 3 modified (1.4.2014) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), s. 103(3), Sch. 4 para. 56; S.I. 2014/416, art. 2(1)(c) (with Sch.)