PART 5Enforcement

Appeals to the Competition Appeal Tribunal

I1I274Recovery orders

1

The Tribunal may make a recovery order if—

a

in exercise of its powers under section 72 or 73, it grants relief in respect of a decision of a public authority to give a subsidy or make a subsidy scheme, and

b

in granting that relief the Tribunal finds that the decision did not comply with a requirement of Chapter 1 or 2 of Part 2.

2

A recovery order is an order that—

a

confers a right on a public authority that has given a subsidy to recover the amount of that subsidy from the beneficiary, and

b

requires the public authority to exercise that right in accordance with the order.

3

A recovery order may—

a

provide for how the right to recover a subsidy under the order is to be exercised;

b

require that the right is exercised by such time as the order may specify;

c

relate to the whole of a subsidy or to such part as the order may provide;

d

where made in relation to subsidies given under a subsidy scheme, relate to all such subsidies or only to those subsidies specified in the order;

e

require the payment of interest in accordance with the order.

4

A recovery order is enforceable as though it were an order made by the High Court or, in relation to Scotland, the Court of Session.