{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-and-regulatory-reform-act-2013/section-45",
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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": "section/45",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "45",
  "heading": "Power for Secretary of State to impose time-limits on investigations etc.",
  "text": "After section 31E of the 1998 Act insert—\n“Power for Secretary of State to impose time-limits on investigations etc.\n31F (1) The Secretary of State may by order impose time-limits in relation to—\n(a) the conduct by the CMA of investigations or investigations of a description specified in the order;\n(b) the making by the CMA of decisions (within the meaning given by section 31(2)) as a result of investigations or investigations of such a description.\n(2) Before making an order under subsection (1), the Secretary of State must consult the CMA and such other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 45 partly in force; s. 45 in force for specified purposes at Royal Assent, see s. 103(1)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 45 in force at 1.4.2014 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2014/416, art. 2(1)(b) (with Sch.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/24/section/45",
    "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."
}