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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2751",
  "legislation_title": "The Competition Act 1998 (Office of Fair Trading’s Rules) Order 2004",
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  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Application for extension of the transitional period",
  "text": "(1) An application under paragraph 36 of Schedule 13 to the Act for the extension of the transitional period shall—\n(a) be submitted in writing to the OFT;\n(b) comply with paragraph (2); and\n(c) include the documents specified in paragraph (3).\n(2) An application submitted under paragraph (1) shall—\n(a) be signed by the applicant or by a duly authorised representative of the applicant;\n(b) contain an explanation of—\n(i) the purpose of the agreement;\n(ii) the basis for the applicant’s belief that there is a transitional period;\n(iii) the need for an extension of the transitional period; and\n(iv) the likely application of the Chapter I prohibition to the agreement at the end of the transitional period, including any grounds for believing that the agreement is likely to satisfy the conditions in section 9(1) of the Act; and\n(c) specify the length of the transitional period, the date of its expiry and the period of extension applied for.\n(3) The documents specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) are the following—\n(a) two copies of the application;\n(b) three copies of the agreement, each copy certified by the applicant to be a true copy of the original; and\n(c) where the application is signed by a representative of an applicant, proof in writing of that representative’s authority to act on that applicant’s behalf.\n(4) If the OFT—\n(a) refuses an application submitted to it under paragraph (1);\n(b) grants the application; or\n(c) grants an extension which is of shorter duration than that applied for,\nit shall give notice of its decision to the applicant not less than one month before the date of expiry of the transitional period, specifying, if appropriate, the period of extension granted.\n(5) Subject to rules 17 and 18, if the OFT extends the transitional period on its own initiative, it shall give notice of its decision to each person who it considers is a party to the agreement, specifying the period of extension granted.\n(6) Where a joint application is submitted, the application shall be submitted by or on behalf of all of the applicants, and a joint representative may be appointed as authorised to act on behalf of some or all of the applicants for the purposes of this rule.\n(7) Subject to paragraph (8), the application shall be correct and complete.\n(8) The OFT may, by giving notice to the applicant, dispense with the obligation to submit any particular information, including any supporting document required by this rule for an application under paragraph 36 of Schedule 13 to the Act, if it considers that such information or document is unnecessary for the examination of the application.\n(9) Where the applicant knows of material changes in the information contained in the application he shall without delay communicate those changes to the OFT.\n(10) An application is made on the date on which the application is received by the OFT.\n(11) The OFT shall acknowledge receipt of an application by giving notice to the applicant without delay.\n(12) If the OFT extends the transitional period, it shall publish a notice of that fact, specifying the period of extension granted.",
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