# The Competition Act 1998 (Competition and Markets Authority's Rules) Order 2014, Paragraph 7: Confidential information


(1) Where a person who has supplied information to the CMA has made representations to the CMA identifying such information as being information that the CMA should treat as confidential information and the CMA proposes to disclose such information under these Rules, the CMA must take all reasonable steps to—
(a) inform that person of the CMA's proposed action; and
(b) give that person a reasonable opportunity to make representations to the CMA on the CMA's proposed action.
(2) The CMA may at any time request a person who has supplied information to the CMA to make written representations to the CMA in respect of the information supplied—
(a) identifying the information which that person considers the CMA should treat as confidential information; or
(b) explaining why that person considers the CMA should treat the information as confidential information.
(3) If a person who has supplied information to the CMA makes written representations to the CMA in respect of the information supplied identifying the information which that person considers the CMA should treat as confidential information or explaining why the CMA should treat the information as confidential information, whether or not such representations are made under this rule, the CMA may seek from that person such further clarification as the CMA considers is needed.
(4) If the CMA requests any person to make representations or to give further clarification under this rule, the CMA may specify the period within which such representations or further clarification should be made.
(5) For the purposes of this rule, where, in the CMA's opinion, information supplied to the CMA by any person relates to or originates from another person, that other person may be treated as a person who has supplied the information to the CMA.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/458/schedule/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998-competition-and-markets-authoritys-rules-order-2014/schedule/paragraph-7
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