{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-appeal-tribunal-rules-2015/rule-72E",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-appeal-tribunal-rules-2015/rule-72E.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/1648",
  "legislation_title": "The Competition Appeal Tribunal Rules 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-appeal-tribunal-rules-2015",
  "path": "rule/72E",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "72E",
  "heading": "Stay of proceedings",
  "text": "(1) In determining whether to stay proceedings by reason of a CMA investigation under Part 1 of the 2024 Act (whether on the application of the CMA or otherwise), the Tribunal shall have regard to all the circumstances including—\n(a) the undertaking and the digital activity which are the subject of the claim and the investigation;\n(b) the terms and the purpose of the relevant requirement which is the subject of the claim and the investigation;\n(c) the conduct which is the subject of the claim and the investigation;\n(d) the extent to which any factual or legal issues to be considered and determined in the investigation will be relevant to the claim;\n(e) the stage of the proceedings at which the stay is sought, and its likely duration; and\n(f) where the CMA decision to investigate was made after it gave notice under rule 72C, any explanation provided by the CMA for the time at which that decision was made.\n(2) A stay ordered by reason of a CMA investigation shall remain in place for a period of no more than 12 months, unless extended on the application of the CMA in accordance with paragraph (3) or otherwise ordered.\n(3) An application by the CMA to extend the period of a stay ordered by reason of a CMA investigation shall be supported by evidence addressing the progress of the CMA investigation and the period within which it is expected to be completed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 4A inserted (1.10.2025) by The Competition Appeal Tribunal (Amendment) Rules 2025 (S.I. 2025/999), rules 1(2), 6"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1648/rule/72E",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:32:44.195082+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."
}