Paragraph 34 Material obtained from a competition authority’s fileF1
Documents or information obtained by a person (“P”) from a competition authority’s file are admissible in evidence in competition proceedings only where—
(a)
the proceedings relate, entirely or partly, to a competition claim made by P or by a person who has acquired P’s right to make the claim (whether by operation of law or otherwise), and
(b)
none of the prohibitions in paragraphs 32 and 33 applies.
Annotations
Textual amendments
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in long title substituted (1.5.2004) by The Competition Act 1998 and Other Enactments (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1261), Sch. 1 para. 1
Notes on Schedule 8A
Textual amendments
- F2
Words in Sch. 8A heading inserted (1.1.2025) by Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (c. 13), s. 339(1), Sch. 3 para. 8(2); S.I. 2024/1226, regs. 1(2), 2(1)(9) (with Sch. para. 4, 20)