# Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, Paragraph 11


(1) Section 144 (time-limits for investigations and reports in public interest cases) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1)—
(a) for “the date of the reference” substitute “ the relevant date ”, and
(b) for the words from “publish it” to the end substitute “ publish it under section 143(1) or 143A(2) or (as the case may be) give it to the Secretary of State in accordance with section 143(3) or 143A(3). ”
(3) After subsection (1) insert—
“(1A) For the purposes of subsection (1), the “relevant date” is—
(a) in the case of a report in relation to a restricted PI reference or to a full PI reference which specifies that the Secretary of State does not propose to appoint a public interest expert, the date of the reference;
(b) in the case of a report in relation to a full PI reference which specifies that the Secretary of State proposes to appoint a public interest expert, the earliest of the following—
(i) the date of the appointment of the expert;
(ii) the date on which the Secretary of State gives notice to the CMA that the Secretary of State no longer intends to appoint such an expert;
(iii) the end of the period of 2 months beginning with the date of the reference.”
(4) In subsection (4), after “143(1) or (3)” insert “ or (as the case may be) 143A(2) or (3) ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/24/schedule/10/paragraph/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-and-regulatory-reform-act-2013/schedule-10/paragraph-11
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