{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998/schedule-6A/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998/schedule-6A/paragraph-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/41",
  "legislation_title": "Competition Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998",
  "path": "schedule/6A/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "A notice under paragraph 2 or 3 shall be given by—\n(a) sending a copy of the notice to such person or persons as the CMA considers appropriate for the purpose of bringing the matter to which it relates to the attention of those likely to be affected by it; or\n(b) publishing the notice in such manner as the CMA considers appropriate for the purpose of bringing the matter to which it relates to the attention of those likely to be affected by it.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 6A inserted (1.5.2004) by The Competition Act 1998 and Other Enactments (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1261), reg. 1(a), Sch. 1 para. 52"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 6A para. 8 substituted (1.4.2014) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), s. 103(3), Sch. 5 para. 56(9) (with s. 28); S.I. 2014/416, art. 2(1)(d) (with Sch.)"
    }
  ],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:22:18.972999+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."
}