# Fair Trading Act 1973, Paragraph 10

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) If the chairman of the Commission so directs—
(a) the functions of the Commission in relation to any investigation under this Act, in so far as those functions have not been performed before the direction is given, or
(b) the functions of the Commission in relation to the making of a report required of them under Part VI of this Act,
shall be performed through a group of not less than three regular members of the Commission selected by the chairman of the Commission or, where the functions to be performed through the group relate to a newspaper merger reference, not less than three members, being, in that event, the additional members (if any) appointed by the Secretary of State under paragraph 22 of this Schedule for the purposes of the reference and such regular members of the Commission as the chairman may select.
(1A) Where no direction has been made under sub-paragraph (1) hereof with respect to the investigation on a merger reference the chairman of the Commission may perform the functions of the Commission under section 75(5) of this Act in relation to that reference and anything done by or in relation to the chairman in, or in connection with, the performance of those functions shall have the same effect as if it had been done by or in relation to the Commission.
(2) In the following provisions of this Part of this Schedule “group” means a group of members of the Commission selected under this paragraph, and “the chairman” (except where the reference is expressly to the chairman of a group) means the chairman of the Commission.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/41/schedule/3/paragraph/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fair-trading-act-1973/schedule-3/paragraph-10
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