Textual Amendments
F1S. 214 cross-heading substituted (2.6.2020) by The Consumer Protection (Enforcement) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/484), regs. 1(2), 2(3) (with reg. 8)
(1)An application for an enforcement order must name the person the enforcer thinks—
(a)has engaged or is engaging in conduct which constitutes a domestic or a [F2Schedule 13 infringement], or
(b)is likely to engage in conduct which constitutes a [F2Schedule 13 infringement].
(2)A general enforcer may make an application for an enforcement order in respect of any infringement.
(3)A designated enforcer may make an application for an enforcement order in respect of an infringement to which his designation relates.
F3(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F4(4A)A [F5Schedule 13 enforcer] may make an application for an enforcement order in respect of a [F6Schedule 13 infringement].]
(5)The following courts have jurisdiction to make an enforcement order—
[F7(za)the High Court or the county court if the person against whom the order is sought carries on business or has a place of business in England and Wales;]
(a)the High Court or a county court if the person against whom the order is sought carries on business or has a place of business in F8...Northern Ireland;
(b)the Court of Session or the sheriff if the person against whom the order is sought carries on business or has a place of business in Scotland.
F9(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F10(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F11(8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(9)An enforcer which is not the [F12CMA] must notify the [F12CMA] of the result of an application under this section.
Textual Amendments
F2Words in s. 215(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Consumer Protection (Enforcement) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/203), regs. 1, 3(6)(a) (with reg. 9) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1347, regs. 1(3), 3(8)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3S. 215(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Consumer Protection (Enforcement) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/203), regs. 1, 3(6)(b) (with reg. 9) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1347, regs. 1(3), 3(8)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4S. 215(4A) inserted (8.1.2007) by The Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3363), reg. 12
F5Words in s. 215(4A) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Consumer Protection (Enforcement) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/203), regs. 1, 3(6)(c)(i) (with reg. 9) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1347, regs. 1(3), 3(8)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6Words in s. 215(4A) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Consumer Protection (Enforcement) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/203), regs. 1, 3(6)(c)(ii) (with reg. 9) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1347, regs. 1(3), 3(8)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F7S. 215(5)(za) inserted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 81(c); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
F8Words in s. 215(5)(a) omitted (22.4.2014) by virtue of Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 81(b); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
F9S. 215(6) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Consumer Protection (Enforcement) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/203), regs. 1, 3(6)(d) (with reg. 9) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1347, regs. 1(3), 3(8)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F10S. 215(7) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Consumer Protection (Enforcement) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/203), regs. 1, 3(6)(d) (with reg. 9) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1347, regs. 1(3), 3(8)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F11S. 215(8) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Consumer Protection (Enforcement) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/203), regs. 1, 3(6)(d) (with reg. 9) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1347, regs. 1(3), 3(8)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F12Word in s. 215(9) substituted (1.4.2014) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 8 (with art. 3)