SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 4The Competition and Markets Authority
PART 3The CMA panel
Membership of CMA groups
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1
Each CMA group is to consist of at least three members of the CMA panel.
2
Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) to (6), those members are to be such persons as the chair may select.
3
In the case of a newspaper merger reference group—
a
the group must include at least one newspaper panel member;
b
the members of the group (if any) who are not newspaper panel members must be reporting panel members.
4
In the case of a specialist communications reference group, the group must include at least one, but not more than three, of the specialist communications panel members.
5
In the case of a specialist utility group, the group must include at least one of the specialist utility panel members.
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In the case of a specialist payment systems group, the group must include at least one payment systems member.
6
A newspaper panel member is not to be selected as a member of a CMA group that is not a newspaper merger reference group.
7
The chair may at any time appoint a reporting panel member to be an additional member of a CMA group.
8
The chair must appoint one of the members of a CMA group to chair the group (the “group chair”).