Regulation 6 Application for permission to appeal
An application for permission to appeal may be made only by sending a notice to the CMA requesting the permission and must be made before the end of 15 working days following the day on which the decision was first published.
An application for permission must be accompanied by all such information as may be required by appeal rules.
The applicant must send a copy of the application and such other information as may be required by appeal rules to—
the Authority;
such persons (apart from the Authority) as appear to the applicant to be affected by the decision appealed against; and
such other persons as the Authority may require the applicant to keep informed about the appeal.
The applicant must comply with the obligations in paragraph (3)(a) and (b) on the day the applicant sends notice to the CMA in accordance with paragraph (1).
An application for permission must be determined by an authorised member of the CMA before the end of 10 working days following the day on which the application is received by the CMA.
Where the CMA grants permission, it may be granted subject to conditions.
Those conditions may include—
conditions which limit the matters to be considered on the appeal;
conditions for the purpose of expediting the determination of the appeal; and
conditions requiring the appeal to be considered together with other appeals (including appeals relating to different matters or decisions and appeals brought by different persons).
The CMA may refuse permission only on one of the following grounds—
that the appeal is brought for reasons that are trivial or vexatious;
that the appeal has no reasonable prospect of success.
Following determination of an application for permission, an authorised member of the CMA must notify the decision to—
the applicant;
the Authority; and
each person who was sent a copy of the application in accordance with paragraphs (3) and (4).