Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013

Gas Act 1986 (c. 44)

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23(1)Section 41D (application by Authority for order including new activities) is amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (3), for the words from “shall” to the end, substitute “shall, before making the application, make a reference under section 41E to the CMA”.

(3)In subsections (4) and (5), for “Commission” (in each place where it occurs) substitute “CMA”.

(4)After subsection (6), insert—

(7)The functions of the CMA with respect to a reference under section 41E (including functions under sections 109 to 115 of the Enterprise Act 2002, as applied by section 41EB) are to be carried out on behalf of the CMA by a group constituted for the purpose by the chair of the CMA under Schedule 4 to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013.