{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998/section-31D",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998/section-31D.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/41",
  "legislation_title": "Competition Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998",
  "path": "section/31D",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "31D",
  "heading": "Guidance",
  "text": "(1) The CMA must prepare and publish guidance as to the circumstances in which it may be appropriate to accept commitments under section 31A.\n(2) The CMA may at any time alter the guidance.\n(3) If the guidance is altered, the CMA must publish it as altered.\n(4) No guidance is to be published under this section without the approval of the Secretary of State.\n(5) The CMA may, after consulting the Secretary of State, choose how it publishes its guidance.\n(6) If the CMA is preparing or altering guidance under this section it must consult such persons as it considers appropriate.\n(7) If the proposed guidance or alteration relates to a matter in respect of which a regulator exercises concurrent jurisdiction, those consulted must include that regulator.\n(8) When exercising its discretion to accept commitments under section 31A, the CMA must have regard to the guidance for the time being in force under this section.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 31A-31E 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. 18"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 31D(1)-(3) substituted (1.4.2014) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), s. 103(3), Sch. 5 para. 14 (with s. 28); S.I. 2014/416, art. 2(1)(d) (with Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in s. 31D(5)(6) substituted (1.4.2014) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), s. 103(3), Sch. 5 para. 14 (with s. 28); S.I. 2014/416, art. 2(1)(d) (with Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in s. 31D(8) substituted (1.4.2014) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), s. 103(3), Sch. 5 para. 14 (with s. 28); S.I. 2014/416, art. 2(1)(d) (with Sch.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/41/section/31D",
    "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."
}