{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-act-2002/schedule-4/paragraph-10A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-act-2002/schedule-4/paragraph-10A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/40",
  "legislation_title": "Enterprise Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-act-2002",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/10A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "10A",
  "heading": "Institution of proceedings",
  "text": "(1) Tribunal rules may make provision as to proceedings on an application for a relevant warrant or section 75 of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, including provision—\n(a) for the Tribunal dealing with the proceedings to consist only of the President or a member of the panel of chairmen;\n(b) as to the manner in which the proceedings are to be conducted, including provision—\n(i) for such applications to be determined without a hearing;\n(ii) in cases where there is a hearing, for it to be held in private if the Tribunal considers it appropriate because it is considering information of a kind mentioned in paragraph 1(2);\n(c) as to the persons entitled to be heard in such proceedings (where there is a hearing);\n(d) for requiring persons to attend to give evidence and produce documents, and for authorising the administration of oaths to witnesses;\n(e) as to the evidence which may be required or admitted and the extent to which it should be oral or written;\n(f) allowing the Tribunal to fix time-limits with respect to any aspect of the proceedings and to extend any time-limit (before or after its expiry).\n(2) Paragraphs 2 to 8, and 11 to 17, of this Schedule do not apply in relation to the institution or conduct of proceedings for a relevant warrant.\n(3) For the purposes of this paragraph, “relevant warrant” means a warrant under—\n(a) section 194 of this Act;\n(b) section 28, 28A, 62, 62A, 63, 65G or 65H of the 1998 Act;\n(c) section 74 of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024;\n(d) paragraph 3 of Schedule 8 to the Football Governance Act 2025.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 10A inserted (25.4.2013 for specified purposes, 1.4.2014 in so far as not already in force) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), ss. 48(5), 103(1)(i)(3); S.I. 2014/416, art. 2(1)(b) (with Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 10A(1) substituted (21.7.2025 for specified purposes, 12.12.2025 in so far as not already in force) by Football Governance Act 2025 (c. 21), s. 100(1)(2)(g), Sch. 12 para. 8(2); S.I. 2025/1286, reg. 2(1)(e)(vi)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 10A(1) inserted (1.1.2025) by Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (c. 13), ss. 78(2), 339(1) (with s. 81); S.I. 2024/1226, regs. 1(2), 2(1)(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 10A(2) substituted (21.7.2025 for specified purposes, 12.12.2025 in so far as not already in force) by Football Governance Act 2025 (c. 21), s. 100(1)(2)(g), Sch. 12 para. 8(3); S.I. 2025/1286, reg. 2(1)(e)(vi)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 10A(3) inserted (21.7.2025 for specified purposes, 12.12.2025 in so far as not already in force) by Football Governance Act 2025 (c. 21), s. 100(1)(2)(g), Sch. 12 para. 8(4); S.I. 2025/1286, reg. 2(1)(e)(vi)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/40/schedule/4/paragraph/10A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:18:50.931325+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."
}