Amendments of Fair Trading Act 1973

22 Disclosure of reports on monopoly references to persons named

In section 83 of the Fair Trading Act 1973 (laying before Parliament of reports under that Act)—

(a) at the beginning of subsection (1) there shall be inserted the words " Subject to subsection (1 A) below "; and

(b) after subsection (1) there shall be inserted the following subsection: —

“(1A) The Minister or Ministers to whom a report of the Commission on a monopoly reference is made shall not lay a copy of the report before either House of Parliament unless at least twenty-four hours before doing so he transmits or they transmit to every person named in the report as a person in whose favour a monopoly situation exists a copy of the report in the form in which it is laid (or by virtue of subsection (2) below is treated as being laid) before each House of Parliament.”.