Regulation 16 Investigation by CMA
The CMA may exercise any of the powers in paragraphs (2) to (4) for the purpose of exercising, or deciding whether to exercise, its powers under regulation 15 (compliance notices) or regulation 19 (financial penalties).
The CMA may give a notice to a motor fuel trader requiring the motor fuel trader to—
attend at a time and at a place, or in a manner, which may be remote, specified in the notice, and
give evidence to the CMA or to a person nominated by the CMA for that purpose.
The CMA may give a notice to a motor fuel trader requiring the motor fuel trader—
to produce any documents which—
are specified or described in the notice, or fall within a category of document which is specified or described in the notice, and
are in the motor fuel trader’s custody or under its control, and
to produce them at a time and place so specified and to a person so specified.
The CMA may give a notice to a motor fuel trader requiring the motor fuel trader—
to supply to the CMA such information as may be specified or described in the notice, and
to supply it at a time and place, and in a form and manner, so specified and to a person so specified.
A notice under this regulation must—
specify the purpose for which the motor fuel trader is being required to take action described in paragraph (2), (3) or (4), as the case may be, and
include information about the consequences of not complying with the notice.
The CMA or any person nominated by it for the purpose may, for the purpose mentioned in paragraph (1), take evidence on oath and for that purpose may administer oaths.
The person to whom any document is produced in accordance with a notice under this regulation may, for the purpose mentioned in paragraph (1), copy the document so produced.
Any reference in this regulation to the production of a document includes a reference to the production of a legible and intelligible copy of information recorded otherwise than in legible form.