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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-rights-act-2015/schedule-5/paragraph-16J",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2015/15",
  "legislation_title": "Consumer Rights Act 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-rights-act-2015",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/16J",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16J",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The CMA may not make an application under paragraph 16A in respect of a person’s failure to comply with a notice under paragraph 14 if the CMA has given to the person a final enforcement notice under paragraph 16C in respect of that failure.\n(2) The CMA may not give a person a final enforcement notice under paragraph 16C in respect of a failure to comply with a notice under paragraph 14 if—\n(a) the CMA has made an application under paragraph 16A against the person in respect of that failure, and\n(b) the application has been determined by the court (within the meaning of that paragraph).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 paras. 16A-16J inserted (24.5.2024 for specified purposes, 6.4.2025 in so far as not already in force) by Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (c. 13), s. 339(2)(c), Sch. 17 para. 2(3) (with Sch. 19); S.I. 2025/272, reg. 2(1)(8)"
    }
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      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/18",
      "affecting_title": "Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2024/10",
      "affecting_title": "Automated Vehicles Act 2024"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2024/22",
      "affecting_title": "Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2024/22",
      "affecting_title": "Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024"
    },
    {
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      "affecting_title": "Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/15/schedule/5/paragraph/16J",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:30:53.853097+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."
}