{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998-concurrency-regulations-2000/regulation-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/260",
  "legislation_title": "The Competition Act 1998 (Concurrency) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998-concurrency-regulations-2000",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Transfer",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2), (5) and (6) below, a competent person who has exercised any Part I functions in relation to a case (“the transferor”) may agree with another competent person who has concurrent jurisdiction to exercise Part I functions in relation to that case (“the transferee”) to transfer the case to the transferee.\n(2) If the transferor and the transferee propose to agree a transfer in accordance with paragraph (1) above, the transferor shall notify in writing either—\n(a) in the case of an application, the applicant, or\n(b) in other cases, subject to paragraph (5) below, the undertaking which is the subject of the exercise of Part I functions in that case,\nof the proposed transfer and shall invite the recipient of the notice to make written representations upon the proposal within seven working days of the date of that notice.\n(3) If, after taking into consideration any representations made in accordance with paragraph (2) above, a transfer is agreed in accordance with paragraph (1) in respect of a case which is the subject of an application the transferor shall—\n(a) send the original application, together with all supporting documents which have been supplied to the transferor to support that application, to the transferee, and\n(b) inform the applicant in writing—\n(i) that the transferee is to exercise jurisdiction in relation to the case and of the reasons for the transfer; and\n(ii) of the date of the transfer.\n(4) Subject to paragraph (5) below, if a transfer is agreed in accordance with paragraph (1) for a case which is not the subject of an application, the transferor shall inform the undertaking which is the subject of the exercise of Part I functions in that case in writing that the transferee is to exercise jurisdiction in relation to the case from the date of the transfer and of the reasons for this transfer.\n(5) The transferor shall not be under any obligation to notify an undertaking in accordance with paragraph (2)(b) above or to inform an undertaking in accordance with paragraph (4) above if—\n(a) the transfer takes place before agreement has been reached in accordance with regulation 5(3) or a determination has been made in accordance with regulation 6(3)(a) above as to which competent person is to exercise prescribed functions in relation to a case; or\n(b) the transferor has not informed that undertaking that he has exercised Part I functions in relation to the case; or\n(c) that undertaking is not an applicant but is a party to an agreement or conduct which is the subject of an application.\n(6) Where a transfer of an application takes place in accordance with regulation 5(4) of 6(3)(a) above—\n(a) paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) above shall have no application;\n(b) the Director General of Fair Trading shall as soon as reasonably practicable send the original application, together with all supporting documents which have been supplied to him to support that application to the competent person who is to exercise prescribed functions in relation to the case.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/260/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:30.426191+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}