# Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, Paragraph 38


(1) Each CMA group is to consist of at least three members of the CMA panel.
(2) Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) to (6), those members are to be such persons as the chair may select.
(3) In the case of a news media merger reference group—
(a) the group must include at least one news media panel member;
(b) the members of the group (if any) who are not news media panel members must be reporting panel members.
(4) In the case of a specialist communications reference group, the group must include at least one, but not more than three, of the specialist communications panel members.
(5) In the case of a specialist utility group, the group must include at least one of the specialist utility panel members.
(5A) In the case of a specialist payment systems group, the group must include at least one payment systems member.
(6) A news media panel member is not to be selected as a member of a CMA group that is not a news media merger reference group.
(7) The chair may at any time appoint a reporting panel member to be an additional member of a CMA group.
(8) The chair must appoint one of the members of a CMA group to chair the group (the “group chair”).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/24/schedule/4/paragraph/38 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-and-regulatory-reform-act-2013/schedule-4/paragraph-38
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