{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998-concurrency-regulations-2014/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998-concurrency-regulations-2014/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/536",
  "legislation_title": "The Competition Act 1998 (Concurrency) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998-concurrency-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Transfer",
  "text": "(1) A competent person who has exercised any Part 1 functions in respect of a case (“the transferor”) may agree with another competent person who but for regulation 6 would have, concurrent jurisdiction to exercise Part 1 functions in respect of 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), the transferor must first—\n(a) notify the undertaking which is the subject of the exercise of Part 1 functions in that case (the undertaking concerned) and any other person likely to be materially affected by the transfer, of the proposed transfer, and\n(b) give such recipients of the notice the opportunity to make written representations upon the proposal within no less than 10 working days of the date of that notice.\n(3) The transferor and transferee must take into account any written representations made in accordance with paragraph (2)(b) before agreeing the transfer.\n(4) Once the transferor and transferee have reached a decision about the proposed transfer, the transferor must—\n(a) inform the recipients of the notice under paragraph (2) in writing of their decision and the reasons for it, and\n(b) if the transfer has been agreed, that the transferee is to exercise jurisdiction in respect of the case from the date of the transfer.\n(5) The transferor is not under any obligation to notify any person in accordance with paragraph (2) or to inform any person in accordance with paragraph (4) if the transferor has not informed the that person that it has exercised Part 1 functions in respect of the case.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/536/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:24:21.729689+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."
}