Article 13C Competition investigationsF1

Northern Ireland

(1)

If the F2CMA or a specified regulator has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a breach of competition law has occurred it may carry out an investigation for the purpose of deciding whether to make an application under Article 13A for a disqualification order.

(2)

For the purposes of such an investigation sections 26 to 30 of the Competition Act 1998 (c. 41) apply to the CMA and the specified regulators as they apply to the CMA for the purposes of an investigation under section 25 of that Act.

(3)

Paragraph (4) applies if as a result of an investigation under this Article the CMA or a specified regulator proposes to apply under Article 13A for a disqualification order.

(4)

Before making the application the CMA or regulator (as the case may be) shall—

(a)

give notice to the person likely to be affected by the application, and

(b)

give that person an opportunity to make representations.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: 2005 NI 9
F2: Word in art. 13C substituted (1.4.2014) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 228 (with art. 3)