29(1)Anything that the CMA Board is required or permitted to do (including conferring authorisation under this sub-paragraph) may be done by—
(a)a member of the CMA Board, or a member of staff of the CMA, who has been authorised for that purpose by the CMA Board, whether generally or specifically;
(b)a committee or sub-committee of the CMA Board that has been so authorised.
(2)Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to the functions of deciding—
(a)whether the duty to publish a market study notice under section 130A of the Enterprise Act 2002 applies;
(b)whether to propose to make, or to make, a reference under section 131 of that Act;
(c)for the purposes of the requirement imposed by section 131A(2)(b) of that Act, whether the CMA is proposing to make a decision as to whether to make a reference under section 131 of that Act in a way that is likely to have a substantial impact on the interests of any person;
(d)whether section 140A of that Act applies in respect of a particular case;
(e)whether to accept an undertaking under section 154 of that Act, or to vary or supersede or release an undertaking under that section;
(f)for the purposes of the requirement imposed by section 169(2) of that Act, whether the CMA is proposing to make a decision to make a reference under section 131 of that Act in a way that is likely to have a substantial impact on the interests of any person.
(3)Sub-paragraph (1)(b) does not apply to a committee or sub-committee whose members include any person who is not a member of the CMA or of its staff.