The Competition Act 1998 (Concurrency) Regulations 2000

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make provision for the Director General of Fair Trading and the regulators who can exercise functions of the Director under Part I the Competition Act 1998 concurrently with him to co-ordinate the performance of those functions.

Regulation 3 provides for the Director and regulators to circulate information for the purposes of determining which of their number may exercise Part I functions in relation to a case.

Regulation 4 provides that all applications for guidance or a decision as to whether a Chapter I or Chapter II prohibition have been infringed shall be submitted to the Director.

Regulation 5 sets out the steps which must be taken before a competent person exercises prescribed functions (as defined in regulation 2) in relation to a case.

Regulation 6 provides the procedure for determining which competent person is to exercise prescribed functions in a particular case when agreement has not been reached on this issue in accordance with regulation 5.

Regulation 7 makes provision for the circumstances in which the exercise of prescribed functions by a competent person in relation to a case precludes the exercise of those functions by another competent person.

Regulation 8 makes provision for a competent person who has exercised Part I functions (as defined in regulation 2) in relation to a case to transfer that case to another competent person.

Regulation 9 makes provision for the appointment of an officer of one competent person to act as the officer of another competent person in relation to a case.

Regulation 10 makes provision for the service of notices.