PART 4Independent advice on and monitoring of UK internal market
Reporting, advisory and monitoring functions
I135Provision of report on request after regulatory provision is passed or made
1
The CMA may, at the request of a relevant national authority, provide a report to the authority on the impact on the effective operation of the internal market in the United Kingdom of a regulatory provision specified in the request which—
a
is passed or made after the day on which this section comes into force,
b
falls within the scope of this Part, and
c
applies to the relevant part of the United Kingdom and is within relevant competence.
2
A relevant national authority may not request a report from the CMA under subsection (1) unless the authority has considered whether any other person or body is qualified to provide an independent report on the matter.
3
Subsections (1) and (2) apply in relation to two or more relevant national authorities acting jointly as those subsections apply in relation to a single relevant national authority.
4
A request under subsection (1) must set out the reasons for making it.
5
If the CMA declines to provide a report requested under subsection (1) it must—
a
give the requesting authority a notice of its reasons for doing so, and
b
publish the notice in such manner as it considers appropriate.
6
Where the CMA provides a report under this section—
a
if the report was requested by two or more relevant national authorities acting jointly, the CMA must provide the report to each of them simultaneously;
b
the CMA must, as soon as reasonably practicable after complying with paragraph (a), publish the report in such manner as it considers appropriate.
7
In this section “the relevant part of the United Kingdom” means—
a
in the application of this section to a relevant national authority who is the Scottish Ministers, Scotland;
b
in the application of this section to a relevant national authority who is the Welsh Ministers, Wales;
c
in the application of this section to a relevant national authority who is a Northern Ireland department, Northern Ireland;
d
in the application of this section to a relevant national authority who is the Secretary of State, any part of the United Kingdom.