{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2023/schedule-2/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2023/schedule-2/paragraph-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/52",
  "legislation_title": "Energy Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2023",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Written statements",
  "text": "(1) The CMA may by notice require a person to produce a written statement with respect to a matter specified in the notice to—\n(a) a person who is considering, or is to consider, an application for a direction under paragraph 2, or\n(b) a group with the function of determining an appeal.\n(2) The power to require the production of a written statement includes power—\n(a) to specify the time and place at which it is to be produced, and\n(b) to require it to be verified by a statement of truth, and a statement required to be so verified must be disregarded unless it is so verified.\n(3) No person is to be compelled under this paragraph to produce a written statement with respect to any matter about which that person could not be compelled to give evidence in civil proceedings in the High Court or Court of Session.\n(4) A notice for the purposes of this paragraph may be issued on the CMA’s behalf by an authorised member of the CMA.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 8 in force at 26.12.2023, see s. 334(3)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/52/schedule/2/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:50:44.989649+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."
}