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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-and-regulatory-reform-act-2013/schedule-4/paragraph-48",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2013/24",
  "legislation_title": "Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-and-regulatory-reform-act-2013",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/48",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "48",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A function of the chair that is specified in sub-paragraph (4) may, with the consent of the CMA Board, be exercised on behalf of the chair by—\n(a) a person who is a member of both the CMA panel and the CMA Board, or\n(b) a member of the CMA panel designated by the Secretary of State (whether generally or specifically) for the purposes of this paragraph.\n(2) The consent referred to in sub-paragraph (1) must specify the identity of the person by whom a function of the chair is to be exercised.\n(3) It may be given—\n(a) by reference generally to functions specified in sub-paragraph (4);\n(b) by reference to specific functions, or functions of a particular description;\n(c) by reference generally to CMA groups;\n(d) by reference to specific matters or specific CMA groups, or by reference to matters or CMA groups of a particular description.\n(4) The functions are—\n(a) the chair's functions under paragraph 33 and under this Part of this Schedule;\n(b) the chair's functions by or under any other enactment in respect of the constitution of a CMA group;\n(c) the chair's functions under—\n(i) Schedule 4A to the Gas Act 1986;\n(ii) Schedule 5A to the Electricity Act 1989;\n(iia) Schedule 5A to the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (SI 1992/231 (NI 1));\n(iib) Schedule 3A to the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (SI 1996/275 (NI 2));\n(iic) Schedule A1 to the Transport Act 2000;\n(iii) Schedule 22 to the Energy Act 2004;\n(iv) Schedule 2 to the Civil Aviation Act 2012.\n(v) Schedule 5 to the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013.\n(vi) the Water Industry Designated Codes (Appeals to the Competition and Markets Authority) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/447).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 48(4)(c)(iia)(iib) inserted (6.2.2015) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Amendment) (Gas and Electricity Appeals) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/16), regs. 1(1), 2(3) (with regs. 3, 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 48(4)(c)(iic) inserted (29.6.2021) by Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Act 2021 (c. 12), Sch. 7 para. 11; S.I. 2021/748, reg. 2(j)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 48(4)(c)(v) inserted (1.3.2014) by Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (c. 33), s. 148(5), Sch. 5 para. 2(4); S.I. 2014/377, art. 2(1)(a), Sch. Pt. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 48(4)(c)(vi) inserted (7.4.2017) by The Water Industry Designated Codes (Appeals to the Competition and Markets Authority) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/447), regs. 1(2), 20(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 48 in force at 1.4.2014 by S.I. 2014/416, art. 2(1)(c) (with Sch.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:08:12.713580+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."
}