{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998/schedule-8A/paragraph-42",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998/schedule-8A/paragraph-42.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/41",
  "legislation_title": "Competition Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998",
  "path": "schedule/8A/paragraph/42",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "42",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Parts 2 to 5 ... and 9 of this Schedule apply in relation to competition claims, competition proceedings, claims for contribution arising from competition claims and proceedings relating to such claims only to the extent that —\n(a) in respect of competition claims within paragraph 2(2)(a), the claim and proceedings relate to loss or damage suffered on or after 8 March 2017 as a result of an infringement of competition law that takes place on or after that date;\n(b) in respect of competition claims within paragraph 2(2)(b), the claim and proceedings relate to an infringement of competition law that takes place on or after 8 March 2017.\n(2) Where an infringement of competition law takes place over a period of 2 or more days it is to be taken for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) to have taken place on the first of those days",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 8A inserted (9.3.2017) by The Claims in respect of Loss or Damage arising from Competition Infringements (Competition Act 1998 and Other Enactments (Amendment)) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/385), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 4 (with Sch. 1 para. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 8A para. 42(1) omitted (1.1.2025) by virtue of Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (c. 13), ss. 126(2)(c), 339(1) (with s. 126(3)-(5)); S.I. 2024/1226, regs. 1(2), 2(1)(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 8A para. 42(1)(a)(b) substituted for words (1.1.2025) by Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (c. 13), s. 339(1), Sch. 3 para. 8(11); S.I. 2024/1226, regs. 1(2), 2(1)(9) (with Sch. para. 4, 20)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/41/schedule/8A/paragraph/42",
    "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."
}