SCHEDULE 5Amendments related to Part 3
PART 2Transfer of functions under the 2002 Act to the CMA
Part 3
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(1)
Section 22 (duty to make references in relation to completed mergers) is amended as follows.
(2)
In subsection (1), for the words before paragraph (a) substitute “
The CMA shall, subject to subsections (2) and (3), make a reference to its chair for the constitution of a group under Schedule 4 to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 if the CMA believes that it is or may be the case that—
”
.
(3)
In subsection (2)—
(a)
in the words before paragraph (a), for “OFT” substitute “
CMA
”
, and
(b)
in paragraph (a), omit “to the Commission”.
(4)
In subsections (3) and (3A), for “OFT” (in each place where it occurs) substitute “
CMA
”
.
(5)
In subsection (7)—
(a)
in paragraph (a), for “the OFT or (as the case may be) the Commission” substitute “
the CMA
”
, and
(b)
in paragraph (b), for “the OFT, the Commission” substitute “
the CMA
”
.