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Financial Services and Markets Act 2000

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304Further reports by Director
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(1)The Director must keep under review the regulatory provisions and practices of recognised bodies.

(2)If at any time the Director considers that—

(a)a regulatory provision or practice has a significantly adverse effect on competition, or

(b)regulatory provisions or practices, or a combination of regulating provisions and practices have such an effect,

he must make a report.

(3)If at any time the Director considers that—

(a)a regulatory provision or practice does not have a significantly adverse effect on competition, or

(b)regulatory provisions or practices, or a combination of regulatory provisions and practices do not have any such effect,

he may make a report to that effect.

(4)A report under subsection (2) must contain details of the adverse effect on competition.

(5)If the Director makes a report under subsection (2), he must—

(a)send a copy of it to the Treasury, to the Competition Commission and to the Authority; and

(b)publish it in the way appearing to him to be best calculated to bring it to the attention of the public.

(6)If the Director makes a report under subsection (3)—

(a)he must send a copy of it to the Treasury, to the Competition Commission and to the Authority; and

(b)he may publish it.

(7)Before publishing a report under this section, the Director must, so far as practicable, exclude any matter which relates to the private affairs of a particular individual the publication of which, in the opinion of the Director, would or might seriously and prejudicially affect his interests.

(8)Before publishing such a report, the Director must exclude any matter which relates to the affairs of a particular body the publication of which, in the opinion of the Director, would or might seriously and prejudicially affect its interests.

(9)Subsections (7) and (8) do not apply to the copy of a report which the Director is required to send to the Treasury, the Competition Commission and the Authority under subsection (5)(a) or (6)(a).

(10)For the purposes of the law of defamation, absolute privilege attaches to any report of the Director under this section.

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