Article 29 Functions of the Authority with respect to competitionI1

are exercisable by the CMA Board (within the meaning of Schedule 4 to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013), and

relate to commercial activities connected with the supply of water or the provision of sewerage services.

agreements, decisions or concerted practices of the kind mentioned in section 2(1) of that Act,

conduct of the kind mentioned in section 18(1) of that Act, F9or

transferred EU anti-trust commitments or transferred EU anti-trust directions (as defined in section 40ZA of that Act),

references in Part 4 of the Enterprise Act to the F12CMA (including references in provisions of that Act applied by that Part) shall be construed as including references to the Authority (except in sections 166 F13, 167C F14, 171 and 174E of that Act and in any other provision of that Act where the context otherwise F15requires);

references in that Part to section 5 of the Act of 2002 are to be construed as including references to Article 60(1) and (2) of this Order.

as if for subsection (1) of that section there were substituted—

“(1)

Where the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation—

(a)

is proposing to carry out its functions under Article 60(1) and (2) of the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 in relation to a matter for the purposes mentioned in subsection (2), and

(b)

considers that the matter is one in respect of which it would be appropriate for the Authority to exercise its powers under section 174 (investigation) in connection with deciding whether to make a reference under section 131,

the Authority must publish a notice under this section (referred to in this Part as a “market study notice”).”, and

as if in subsection (2)(a) of that section, for “the acquisition or supply of goods or services of one or more than one description in the United Kingdom” there were substituted “commercial activities connected with the supply of water or the provision of sewerage services (within the meaning given by Article 2 of the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006)”.

any information which is in the Authority's possession and which relates to matters falling within the scope of the investigation, and which is either requested by the group for that purpose or is information which in the Authority's opinion it would be appropriate for that purpose to give to the group without any such request; and

any other assistance which the group may require, and which it is within the Authority's power to give, in relation to any such matters,

Part 4 of the Enterprise Act; or

Part 1 of the Competition Act 1998 (other than sections 31D(1) to (6) F24, 35C, 38(1) to (6) F25, 40B(1) to (4) and 51),

by virtue of this Article, are functions exercisable concurrently with the CMA, and

in the case of functions under the Competition Act 1998, are functions within Schedule 4A to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 by virtue of paragraph 5 of that Schedule,