Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024

90Calculation of daily rates and turnoverU.K.
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(1)In imposing a penalty by reference to a daily rate—

(a)no account is to be taken of any days before the service on the person concerned of the provisional penalty notice under section 112(A1) of EA 2002 (as applied by section 89), and

(b)unless the CMA determines an earlier day (whether before or after the penalty is imposed), the amount payable ceases to accumulate at the beginning of—

(i)the day on which the person first complies with the requirement in question, or

(ii)if earlier, where the requirement was imposed in connection with the provision by the CMA of assistance to an overseas regulator (see section 319 (provision of investigative assistance to overseas regulators)), the day on which the overseas regulator no longer requires that assistance.

(2)The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for determining the turnover (both inside and outside the United Kingdom) of a person for the purposes of this Chapter.

(3)The regulations may (among other things)—

(a)make provision about amounts which are, or are not, to be included in a person’s turnover;

(b)make provision about the date or dates by reference to which a person’s turnover is to be determined;

(c)confer on the CMA the power to determine and make provision about matters specified in the regulations (including the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b)).

(4)Regulations under subsection (2) are subject to the negative procedure.

Commencement Information

I1S. 90 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see s. 339(2)(c)