Section 140D: Investigation powers of CMA

Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 · 2000 c. 8View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 9A: Rules and Guidance — CHAPTER 4: Competition scrutiny

Where the CMA is deciding whether to exercise its power under section 7 of the Enterprise Act 2002 to give advice which, if given, would be section 140B advice, section 174 of that Act has effect as if—

for subsection (1) there were substituted—1For the purposes of this section, a permitted purpose is assisting the CMA in deciding whether to exercise its power under section 7 to give advice which for the purposes of Chapter 4 of Part 9A of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 would be section 140B advice., and
subsection (9A) were omitted.

Where the CMA has exercised any of its powers under section 174 of the Enterprise Act 2002, as applied by subsection (1), section 174B of that Act has effect as if, after subsection (9), there were inserted—

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