SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 22Procedure for appeals under section 173

Interpretation of Schedule

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In this Schedule—

  • appeal” means an appeal under section 173;

  • appeal rules” means rules under paragraph 12;

  • F1“authorised member of the CMA”—

    1. a

      in relation to a power exercisable in connection with an appeal in respect of which a group has been constituted by the chair of the CMA under Schedule 4 to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, means a member of that group who has been authorised by the chair of the CMA to exercise that power;

    2. b

      in relation to a power exercisable in connection with an application for permission to bring an appeal, or otherwise in connection with an appeal in respect of which a group has not been so constituted by the chair of the CMA, means—

      1. i

        any member of the CMA Board who is also a member of the CMA panel, or

      2. ii

        any member of the CMA panel authorised by the Secretary of State (whether generally or specifically) to exercise the power in question.

  • F2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • F3the CMA” means the Competition and Markets Authority;”

  • F3CMA Board” and “CMA panel” have the same meaning as in Schedule 4 to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013;

  • F4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • intervener” means a person who has become a party to an appeal in pursuance of a direction under paragraph 2;

  • statement of truth” means a statement that the person producing the document believes the facts stated in the document to be true;

  • working day” means any day other than—

    1. a

      Saturday or Sunday;

    2. b

      Christmas Day or Good Friday;

    3. c

      a day which is a bank holiday in England and Wales or Scotland under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 (c. 80).

2

References in this Schedule to a party to an appeal are references to—

a

the appellant;

b

an intervener; or

c

GEMA.