Explanatory Notes

Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013

2013 CHAPTER 24

25 April 2013

Commentary on Sections

Part 3: the Competition and Markets Authority and Part 4: Competition Reform

Part 3: the Competition and Markets Authority

Section 26: Abolition of the Competition Commission and the Office of Fair Trading

194.This section abolishes the CC and the OFT. The section also gives effect to Schedules 5 and 6.

195.Schedule 5 amends the CA 1998 and the EA 2002 to make provision for the transfer of the current relevant functions of the OFT and the CC to the CMA where these are not otherwise transferred under the Act. Schedule 6 amends other enactments to make provision for the transfer of functions, predominantly regulatory appeals and ancillary functions, from the CC and OFT to the CMA.