SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 6Regulatory appeals etc: minor and consequential amendments

PART 1Amendments to Acts

112Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29)

1

Section 60 (duties of the Competition Commission) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1), for the words from “seeks” to “the Commission” substitute “makes a reference under section 59, the CMA”.

3

In subsection (2), for “The Commission must then make its own report” substitute “The CMA must then make a report”.

4

In subsection (3), for “Commission” substitute “CMA”.

5

In subsection (4)—

a

for “Commission” substitute “CMA”, and

b

for the words from “it receives” to the end substitute “the reference in question is made to the chair of the CMA under section 59”.

6

In subsection (5), for “Commission’s” substitute “CMA’s”.

7

In subsection (6)—

a

for “Commission’s” substitute “CMA’s, and

b

for “Commission” (in each place where it occurs) substitute “CMA”.

8

In subsection (7), for “Commission” substitute “CMA”.

9

In subsection (8)—

a

for “Commission’s” substitute “CMA’s, and

b

for “Commission” substitute “CMA”.

10

In subsection (9)—

a

in the words before paragraph (a), for “to the Commission” substitute “to the CMA”, and

b

in paragraph (b), for “Commission” substitute “CMA”.

11

In subsection (10)—

a

for “Commission” substitute “CMA”, and

b

for “OFT’s report” substitute “report made by the CMA under section 57”.

12

In the heading, for “Competition Commission” substitute “CMA”.