Part 4C1C2C3C4C5C6C7C8C9C11C10C19C18C12C20C13C16C15C14C17C21F2Market Studies and Market Investigations

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1

Pt. 4 (ss. 131-184) modified (20.6.2003) by 1988 c. 41, Sch. 7 para. 20(5)-(8) (as substituted by Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40), ss. 185, 279, Sch. 11 para. 11(3); S.I. 2003/1397, art. 2(1), Sch. (with art. 8)

C3

Pt. 4 (ss. 131-184) modified (20.6.2003) by 1993 c. 43, s. 67(2A)(2B) (as substituted by Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40), ss. 168(9), 279, Sch. 9 para. 21(2)); S.I. 2003/1397, art. 2(1), Sch.

C5

Pt. 4 (ss. 131-184) modified (20.6.2003) by 1991 c. 56, s. 31(4) (as substituted by Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40), ss. 168(9), 279, Sch. 9 para. 19(3)); S.I. 2003/1397, art. 2(1), Sch.

C6

Pt. 4 (ss. 131-184) modified (20.6.2003) by 1991 c. 56, s. 31(2A) (as substituted by Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40), ss. 168(9), 279, Sch. 9 para. 19(2)); S.I. 2003/1397, art. 2(1), Sch.

C7

Pt. 4 (ss. 131-184) modified (20.6.2003) by 1984 c. 12, s. 50(2B) (as substituted by Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40), ss. 168(9), 279, Sch. 9 para. 16(2)); S.I. 2003/1397, art. 2(1), Sch.

C8

Pt. 4 (ss. 131-184) modified (20.6.2003) by 1989 c. 29, s. 43(2B) (as substituted by Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40), ss. 168(9), 279, Sch. 9 para. 18(2)); S.I. 2003/1397, art. 2(1), Sch.

Pt. 4 (ss. 131-184) modified (25.7.2003 for certain purposes and 29.12.2003 for certain purposes) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), ss. 370(3), 411(2)(3) (with transitional provisions in Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/1900, arts. 1(2), 2(1), 3(1), Sch. 1 (with arts. 3-6 (as amended (8.12.2003) by S.I. 2003/3142, art. 1(3))); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(2)

Pt. 4 (ss. 131-184) modified (N.I.) (1.4.2007) by The Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3336 (N.I. 21)), arts. 1(2)(3), 29(4) (with arts. 8(9), 121, 307); S.R. 2007/194, art. 2(2), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 (with Sch. 2)

C10

Pt. 4 functions made exercisable concurrently (6.4.2013) by Civil Aviation Act 2012 (c. 19), ss. 60(2), 110(1) (with s. 77(1)-(3), Sch. 10 paras. 12, 17); S.I. 2013/589, art. 2(1)-(3)

C13

Pt. 4 certain functions made exercisable concurrently (1.4.2014) by Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (c. 33), s. 59(1)-(5), 148(5); S.I. 2014/823, art.

C21

Pt. 4: certain functions made exercisable concurrently (26.12.2023) by Energy Act 2023 (c. 52), ss. 36(1)-(3), 334(3)(a) (with s. 38)

C19C18C12C20C13C16C15C14C17Chapter 4Supplementary

Investigation powers

C19C18C12C20C13C16C15C14C17174DC19C18C12C20C13C16C15C14C17F1Penalties

1

A penalty imposed under section 174A(1) or (3) shall be of such amount as the CMA considers appropriate.

2

In the case of a penalty imposed under section 174A(1), the amount may be—

a

a fixed amount;

b

an amount calculated by reference to a daily rate; or

c

a combination of a fixed amount and an amount calculated by reference to a daily rate.

3

In the case of a penalty imposed under section 174A(3), the amount shall be a fixed amount.

4

A penalty imposed under section 174A(1) shall not—

a

in the case of a fixed amount, exceed such amount as the Secretary of State may by order specify;

b

in the case of an amount calculated by reference to a daily rate, exceed such amount per day as the Secretary of State may so specify; and

c

in the case of a fixed amount and an amount calculated by reference to a daily rate, exceed such fixed amount and such amount per day as the Secretary of State may so specify.

5

A penalty imposed under section 174A(3) shall not exceed such amount as the Secretary of State may by order specify.

6

An order under subsection (4) or (5) shall not specify—

a

in the case of a fixed amount, an amount exceeding £30,000;

b

in the case of an amount calculated by reference to a daily rate, an amount per day exceeding £15,000; and

c

in the case of a fixed amount and an amount calculated by reference to a daily rate, a fixed amount exceeding £30,000 and an amount per day exceeding £15,000.

7

Before making an order under subsection (4) or (5), the Secretary of State shall consult—

a

the CMA; and

b

such other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.

8

In imposing a penalty by reference to a daily rate—

a

no account is to be taken of any days before the service on the person concerned of notice of the penalty under section 112 (as applied by subsection (10)); and

b

unless the CMA determines an earlier date (whether before or after the penalty is imposed), the amount payable ceases to accumulate at the beginning of the earliest of the days mentioned in subsection (9).

9

Those days are—

a

the day on which the requirement of the notice concerned under section 174 is satisfied;

b

the day which is the relevant day in the case in question for the purposes of section 174B.

10

Sections 112 to 115 apply in relation to a penalty imposed under section 174A(1) or (3) as they apply in relation to a penalty imposed under section 110(1) or (3).