(1)The OFT has the function of—
(a)making the public aware of the ways in which competition may benefit consumers in, and the economy of, the United Kingdom; and
(b)giving information or advice in respect of matters relating to any of its functions to the public.
(2)In carrying out those functions the OFT may—
(a)publish educational materials or carry out other educational activities; or
(b)support (financially or otherwise) the carrying out by others of such activities or the provision by others of information or advice.
Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation
F1Act: for the words "solicitor of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland" wherever they occur there is substituted (prosp.) the words "solicitor of the Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland" by virtue of Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 5 [Editorial Note: this amendment will be carried through into the text of the Act at the same time as any other effects on the Act for the year in which the relevant commencement order (or first such order) is made]