# Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, Paragraph 5


(1) Section 39 (time-limits for investigations and reports) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (5) for “subsection (4)” substitute “ this section ”.
(3) After subsection (8) insert—
“(8A) In the case of a report on a reference under section 33, the CMA may provide that a specified period of no more than 3 weeks is to be disregarded for the purposes of any time-limit for the preparation and publication of the report which applies by virtue of this section if—
(a) a relevant person has so requested before the end of the period of 3 weeks beginning with the date of the reference concerned; and
(b) the CMA reasonably believes that the arrangements in question might be abandoned.
(8B) If the CMA exercises the power under subsection (8A), the CMA shall publish a notice to that effect.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/24/schedule/8/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-and-regulatory-reform-act-2013/schedule-8/paragraph-5
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