Power of the Council to investigate other mattersN.I.
56.—(1) The Council may investigate any matter (not being a matter which it is its duty to investigate under this Part) which appears to it to be a matter relating to the interests of consumers.
(2) Where the Council has investigated a matter under this Article it may make a report on that matter to the Authority, the Department, the [F1CMA] or any other public authority whose functions appear to the Council to be exercisable in relation to that matter.
(3) Subject to Article 57, the Council may—
(a)send a report on any matter investigated under this Article to any person who appears to the Council to have an interest in that matter; and
(b)publish any such report in such manner as the Council thinks appropriate.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in art. 56(2) substituted (1.4.2014) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 253(9) (with art. 3)
Commencement Information
I1Art. 56 wholly in operation at 1.4.2007, see art. 1(2) and S.R. 2007/194, art. 2(2), Sch. 1 Pt. II (subject to art. 3, Sch. 2)