{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998/schedule-8A/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998/schedule-8A/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/41",
  "legislation_title": "Competition Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998",
  "path": "schedule/8A/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Settlement submission to a competition authority",
  "text": "(1) “Settlement submission” means a statement made, orally or in writing, to a competition authority by or on behalf of an undertaking—\n(a) which states—\n(i) that the undertaking accepts that it has infringed competition law, or\n(ii) that the undertaking does not accept that it has infringed competition law but will not dispute a decision of the competition authority that it has done so,\n(b) which is made voluntarily, and\n(c) which is made for the sole purpose of allowing the competition authority to follow a simplified or expedited procedure in connection with the infringement.\n(2) References to a settlement submission include—\n(a) a part of a settlement submission,\n(b) a quotation from a settlement submission,\n(c) all or part of a record of a settlement submission, and\n(d) a copy of all or part of a settlement submission or of a record of such a submission.\n(3) On the application of a claimant in competition proceedings, a court or the Tribunal may, in accordance with procedural rules, determine whether a document is a settlement submission.\n(4) For the purposes of making a determination under sub-paragraph (3), the court or the Tribunal may—\n(a) take evidence from the author of the document, and\n(b) obtain assistance from a competition authority,\nbut may not obtain assistance from anyone else.",
  "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)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/41/schedule/8A/paragraph/5",
    "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."
}