SCHEDULE 10Markets: public interest interventions
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(1)
Section 142 (investigations and reports) is amended as follows.
(2)
In subsection (1)—
(a)
for the words from the beginning to “the Commission” substitute “Where the Secretary of State makes a restricted PI reference or a full PI reference, the CMA”, and
(b)
after “section 143(1) or (3)” insert “or (as the case may be) 143A(2) or (3)”.
(3)
In subsection (2)—
(a)
in paragraph (a), at the end insert “or (as the case may be) 141A”,
(b)
omit the “and” after paragraph (b), and
(c)
“; and
(d)
in the case of a report in relation to a full PI reference in respect of which the Secretary of State appointed a public interest expert, a summary of the views of the expert.”
(4)
“(2A)
A summary of the views of a public interest expert in a report under this section shall be approved by the expert before action is taken in relation to the report under section 143A(2) or (3).”