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(1)Any power of the Secretary of State to make orders F1... under this Act shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.
F2(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)Any statutory instrument containing F3... an order under section F4. . ., 11(4) [F5, 11D] or 12(3) or (5) above [F6, or section 111(4) or (6) or 114(3)(b) or (4)(b) of the Enterprise Act 2002 as applied by section 11B(1)(c) or (f) above,] shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
F7(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F8(5)Any power of the Secretary of State to make an order under this Act —
(a)may be exercised so as to make different provision for different cases or different purposes; and
(b)includes power to make such incidental, supplementary, consequential, transitory, transitional or saving provision as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 31(1) repealed (20.6.2003) by Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40), s. 279, Sch. 25 para. 10(8)(a), Sch. 26; S.I. 2003/1397, art. 2(1), Sch. (with art. 8)
F2S. 31(2) repealed (1.3.2000) by 1998 c. 41, s. 74(1)(3), Sch. 12 para. 4(14)(a), Sch. 14 Pt. I (with s. 73)
F3Words in s. 31(3) repealed (20.6.2003) by Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40), s. 279, Sch. 25 para. 10(8)(b)(i), Sch. 26; S.I. 2003/1397, art. 2(1), Sch. (with art. 8)
F4Word in s. 31(3) repealed (1.3.2000) by 1998 c. 41, s. 74(1)(3), Sch. 12 para. 4(14)(b), Sch. 14 Pt. I (with s. 73)
F5Word in s. 31(3) inserted (20.6.2003) by Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40), s. 279, Sch. 25 para. 10(8)(b)(ii); S.I. 2003/1397, art. 2(1), Sch. (with art. 8)
F6Words in s. 31(3) inserted (20.6.2003) by Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40), s. 279, Sch. 25 para. 10(8)(b)(iii); S.I. 2003/1397, art. 2(1), Sch. (with art. 8)
F7S. 31(4) repealed (20.6.2003) by Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40), s. 279, Sch. 25 para. 10(8)(c), Sch. 26; S.I. 2003/1397, art. 2(1), Sch. (with art. 8)
F8S. 31(5) inserted (20.6.2003) by Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40), s. 279, Sch. 25 para. 10(8)(d); S.I. 2003/1397, art. 2(1), Sch. (with art. 8)
(1)There shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament—
(a)any expenses incurred by the Secretary of State in consequence of the provisions of this Act; and
(b)any increase attributable to this Act in the sums payable out of moneys so provided under any other Act.
(2)In section 135(2) of the M1Fair Trading Act 1973 (which provides for any expenses duly incurred by the Director or his staff in consequence of the provisions of that Act to be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament) for the words “of this Act” there shall be substituted the words “of this or any other Act”.
Marginal Citations
(1)This Act may be cited as the Competition Act 1980.
[F9(2)Unless the context otherwise requires, in this Act “Minister” includes a government department and the following expressions shall have the same meanings as they have in Part 3 of the Enterprise Act 2002—
“business”
[F10“the CMA”]
“enactment”
“goods”
“services”
“supply (in relation to the supply of goods)”
“the supply of services”.]
F11(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F11(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5)This Act shall come into operation on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint, and different days may be so appointed for different provisions and for different purposes.
(6)An order under this section appointing a day for the coming into operation of any provision of Schedule 2 to this Act may contain such savings with respect to the operation of that provision and such incidental and transitional provisions as appear to the Secretary of State to be appropriate.
(7)Any reference in any provision of this Act to the appointed day shall be construed as a reference to the day appointed or, as the case may require, first appointed under this section for the coming into operation of that provision.
(8)This Act extends to Northern Ireland.
Textual Amendments
F9S. 33(2) substituted (20.6.2003) by Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40), s. 279, Sch. 25 para. 10(9); S.I. 2003/1397, art. 2(1), Sch. (with art. 8)
F10Words in s. 33(2) substituted (1.4.2014) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), s. 103(3), Sch. 6 para. 8; S.I. 2014/416, art. 2(1)(d) (with Sch.)
F11S. 33(3)(4) repealed (1.3.2000) by 1998 c. 41, s. 74(1)(3), Sch. 12 para. 4(15)(b), Sch. 14 Pt. I (with s. 73); S.I. 2000/344, art. 2, Sch.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Power of appointment conferred by s. 33(5) fully exercised: S.I. 1980/497, 1980/978
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