# Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, Section 47: Power to begin a PCI investigation etc

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) The CMA may begin an investigation (a “PCI investigation”) in relation to a designated undertaking where it has reasonable grounds to consider that a factor or combination of factors relating to a relevant digital activity may be having an adverse effect on competition.
(2) A PCI investigation is an investigation to enable the CMA to determine—
(a) whether to make a PCI, and
(b) if it concludes that it should make a PCI, the form and content of that PCI.
(3) The CMA may begin a PCI investigation in relation to a designated undertaking even if it has previously made a decision not to make a PCI in respect of that undertaking.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/13/section/47 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/digital-markets-competition-and-consumers-act-2024/section-47
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