269.Subsection (8) provides that, where an intervention notice is in force, the CMA must give the market study report or (in a case where there is no market study notice) a document containing its decision about whether a reference is necessary directly to the Secretary of State instead of publishing it. In those circumstances the CMA cannot itself make a reference under section 131 of the EA 2002. The Secretary of State must then decide whether the public interest consideration stated in the intervention notice is relevant to the matter in question and whether to make a restricted PI reference or a full PI reference to the CMA. If the Secretary of State decides to make a full PI reference he/she must also decide whether to appoint a public interest expert to advise the CMA.
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