Part 5Miscellaneous
Chapter 3Miscellaneous
328Offenders assisting investigations and prosecutions: powers of the CMA
(1)
In Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (offenders assisting investigations and prosecutions), section 71 (assistance by offender: immunity from prosecution) is amended as follows.
(2)
In subsection (4), after paragraph (dab) insert—
“(dac)
the Competition and Markets Authority;”.
(3)
In subsection (6A), in the words before paragraph (a), after “the Bank of England,” insert “the Competition and Markets Authority”
.
(4)
After subsection (7) insert—
“(8)
The Competition and Markets Authority, or a person designated by the Competition and Markets Authority under subsection (4)(e), may not give an immunity notice (but has the other powers available to specified prosecutors).”