{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-act-2002/section-38",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-act-2002/section-38.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/40",
  "legislation_title": "Enterprise Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-act-2002",
  "path": "section/38",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Investigations and reports on references under section 22 or 33",
  "text": "(1) The CMA shall prepare and publish a report on a reference under section 22 or 33 within the period permitted by section 39.\n(2) The report shall, in particular, contain—\n(a) the decisions of the CMA on the questions which it is required to answer by virtue of section 35 or (as the case may be) 36;\n(b) its reasons for its decisions; and\n(c) such information as the CMA considers appropriate for facilitating a proper understanding of those questions and of its reasons for its decisions.\n(3) The CMA shall carry out such investigations as it considers appropriate for the purposes of preparing a report under this section.\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in s. 38(1)-(3) substituted (1.4.2014) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), s. 26(3), Sch. 5 para. 78(2) (with s. 28), S.I. 2014/416, art. 2(1)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 38(4) omitted (1.4.2014) by virtue of Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), s. 103(3), Sch. 5 para. 78(3) (with s. 28); S.I. 2014/416, art. 2(1)(d) (with Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. 3 modified (1.4.2014) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), s. 103(3), Sch. 4 para. 56; S.I. 2014/416, art. 2(1)(c) (with Sch.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/40/section/38",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:18:50.931325+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}