Paragraph 17 F1

United Kingdom

A disclosure for the purpose of enabling or assisting the F2Competition and Markets Authority to exercise its functions under any of the following—

(a)

the Fair Trading Act 1973;

F3(b)

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F4(c)

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(d)

the Competition Act 1980;

(e)

the Competition Act 1998;

(f)

the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;

(g)

the Enterprise Act 2002;

(h)

F5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F6(i)

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(F7j)

the Business Protection from Misleading Marketing Regulations 2008;

F8(k)

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(F9l)

Parts 3 and 4 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013;

(F10m)

Schedule 3 to the Consumer Rights Act 2015;

(F11n)

the following provisions of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024—

(i)

Part 3;

(ii)

~~F12Chapter 1 of~~ Part 4;

(iii)

Chapter 2 of Part 5.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 15D inserted (6.4.2005 except for paras. 40, 45 and 1.7.2005 otherwise) by Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004 (c. 27), ss. 25, 65, Sch. 2 para. 25; S.I. 2004/3322, art. 2(2)(3), Schs. 2, 3 (subject to arts. 3-13)
F2: Words in Sch. 15D para. 17 substituted (1.4.2014) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 42(2)(a) (with art. 3)
F3: Sch. 15D para. 17(b) omitted (26.7.2013 for specified purposes and 1.4.2014 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1881), art. 1(2)(6), Sch. para. 1(a)
F4: Sch. 15D para. 17(c) omitted (31.3.2014) by virtue of The Public Bodies (Abolition of the National Consumer Council and Transfer of the Office of Fair Trading’s Functions in relation to Estate Agents etc) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/631), art. 1(5), Sch. 2 para. 2(a) (with Sch. 1 para. 28, Sch. 2 paras. 13-15)
F5: Sch. 15D para. 17(h) repealed (26.5.2008) by The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1277), reg. 30(1)(3), Sch. 2 para. 30(a), Sch. 4 Pt. 1 (with reg. 28(2)(3))
F6: Sch. 15D para. 17(i) omitted (1.10.2015) by virtue of Consumer Rights Act 2015 (c. 15), s. 100(5), Sch. 4 para. 28(2)(a); S.I. 2015/1630, art. 3(g) (with art. 6(1))
F7: Sch. 15D para. 17(j)(k) inserted (26.5.2008) by The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1277), reg. 30(1), Sch. 2 para. 30(b) (with reg. 28(2)(3))
F8: Sch. 15D para. 17(k) omitted (6.4.2025) by virtue of Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (c. 13), s. 339(1), Sch. 21 para. 5 (with ss. 235, 243, 252); S.I. 2025/272, reg. 2(1)(12)
F9: Sch. 15D para. 17(l) inserted (1.4.2014) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 42(2)(b) (with art. 3)
F10: Sch. 15D para. 17(m) inserted (1.10.2015) by Consumer Rights Act 2015 (c. 15), s. 100(5), Sch. 4 para. 28(2)(b); S.I. 2015/1630, art. 3(g) (with art. 6(1))
F11: Sch. 15D para. 17(n) inserted (1.1.2025) by Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (c. 13), s. 339(1), Sch. 30 para. 6; S.I. 2024/1226, regs. 1(2), 2(1)(22)
F12: Words in Sch. 15D para. 17(n)(ii) omitted (6.4.2025 for specified purposes, 1.1.2026 for specified purposes, 6.4.2026 for specified purposes) by virtue of The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/381), reg. 1(2)(4), Sch. para. 7; S.I. 2025/272, reg. 3; S.I. 2026/284, regs. 1(2), 2(1)(2)

Notes on Schedule 15D

Modifications

C1: Sch. 15D applied (with modifications) (6.4.2014) by The Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions (Investigations) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/574), regs. 1(1), 2