Part 3Mergers
Chapter 2Public interest cases
Reports on references
48 Cases where references or certain questions need not be decided
(1)
The F1CMA shall cancel a reference under section 45(4) or (5) if it considers that the proposal to make arrangements of the kind mentioned in that reference has been abandoned.
(2)
In relation to the question whether a relevant merger situation has been created or the question whether a relevant merger situation will be created, a reference under section 45 may be framed so as to require the F1CMA to exclude from consideration—
(a)
subsection (1) of section 23;
(b)
subsection (2) of that section; or
(c)
one of those subsections if the F1CMA finds that the other is satisfied.
(3)
In relation to the question whether F2any such result as is mentioned in section 23(2)(b) has arisen or the question whether any such result will arise, a reference under section 45 may be framed so as to require the F1CMA to confine its investigation to the supply of goods or services in a part of the United Kingdom specified in the reference.