The Competition Act 1998 (Competition and Markets Authority's Rules) Order 2014

Time limits and giving notice U.K.

19.—(1) Where—

(a) the CMA has taken all reasonable steps to give notice to a person under rules 5, 10(1)(a), 10(4), 15(3), 15(4), 15(6)(a)F1 ... or 17(1) but does not consider that the notice has been received; or

(b) in accordance with rules 5(3) and 10(2), an infringement decision or proposed infringement decision is not addressed to a person under rules 5, 10(1)(a), 10(4), 15(3), 15(4), 15(6)(a)F2 ... or 17(1),

the CMA may publicise the matter in accordance with paragraph (2) in order to give notice to that person.

(2) The CMA may publicise the matter by—

(a) publishing a summary of the notice by means of entry in the register maintained by the CMA under rule 20; and

(b) providing for a reference to the summary of the notice published in that register to be published in—

(i) the London Gazette, the Edinburgh Gazette and the Belfast Gazette;

(ii) at least one national daily newspaper; and

(iii) if there is in circulation an appropriate trade journal which is published at intervals not exceeding one month, in such trade journal.

(3) Except where paragraph (1) applies, where the Rules allow or require notice to be given to a person, such notice is to be treated as having been given on the date on which that person receives it.

(4) Where paragraph (1) applies, the notice is to be treated as having been given on the date of its publication in accordance with paragraph (2).

(5) Any notice given under the Rules must be in writing.

(6) Where the time prescribed by the Rules for performing an action expires on a non-working day, the action is in time if done at or before 5.30 p.m. on the following working day.

(7) Where an action required by the Rules is performed on a non-working day, or after 5.30 p.m. on a working day, the action is deemed to be completed on the following working day.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. rule 19(1)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Competition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/93), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 4(12)(a) (with Sch. 4 paras. 7, 13) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1343, regs. 35-59); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2 Words in Sch. rule 19(1)(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Competition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/93), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 4(12)(b) (with Sch. 4 paras. 7, 13) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1343, regs. 35-59); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. modified (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/93, Sch. 4 para. 8C(4) (as inserted by The Competition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1343), regs. 1(1), 37(2))