{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/subsidy-control-act-2022/section-55",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/subsidy-control-act-2022/section-55.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2022/23",
  "legislation_title": "Subsidy Control Act 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/subsidy-control-act-2022",
  "path": "section/55",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "55",
  "heading": "Call-in direction",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may direct a public authority to request a report from the CMA in relation to a proposed subsidy or subsidy scheme.\n(2) A direction under this section may be given in relation to—\n(a) a subsidy or subsidy scheme of interest, or\n(b) any subsidy or subsidy scheme in respect of which the Secretary of State considers—\n(i) there is a risk of failure to comply with the requirements of Chapters 1 and 2 of Part 2, or\n(ii) there is a risk of negative effects on competition or investment within the United Kingdom.\n(3) The Secretary of State—\n(a) must send a copy of a direction given under this section to the public authority and to the CMA, and\n(b) must publish the direction in such manner as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 55 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 91(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 55 in force at 4.1.2023 by S.I. 2022/1359, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/23/section/55",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:57:02.027112+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."
}