The EC Competition Law (Articles 84 and 85)Enforcement Regulations 2001

Crown application

34.—(1) Any provision made by or under these Regulations binds the Crown except that—

(a) the Crown is not criminally liable as a result of any such provisions; and

(b) nothing in these Regulations affects Her Majesty in her private capacity.

(2) Paragraph (1)(a) does not affect the application of any provision of these Regulations in relation to persons in the public service of the Crown.

(3) Paragraph (1)(b) is to be interpreted as if section 38(3) of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947(1) (interpretation of references in that Act to Her Majesty in her private capacity) were contained in these Regulations.

(4) If, in a case where it is suspected that there may be an infringement of the prohibition in Article 81(1) or in respect of a suspected infringement of the prohibition in Article 82 otherwise than by the Crown or a person in the public service of the Crown, an investigation is conducted under regulation 3—

(a) the power conferred by regulation 13 may not be exercised in relation to land which is occupied by a government department, or otherwise for purposes of the Crown, without the written consent of the appropriate person; and

(b) regulation 14 does not apply in relation to land so occupied.

(5) In any case in which consent is required under paragraph (4), the person who is the appropriate person in relation to that case is—

(a) in relation to any land which is occupied by a government department that department; and

(b) in relation to any other land which is otherwise occupied for purposes of the Crown the person occupying the land for such purposes.

(6) If the Secretary of State certifies that it appears to him to be in the interests of national security that the powers of entry—

(a) conferred by regulation 13, or

(b) that may be conferred by a warrant under regulation 14,

should not be exercisable in relation to premises held or used by or on behalf of the Crown and which are specified in the certificate, those powers are not exercisable in relation to those premises.

(7) Any amendment of an enactment made by these Regulations binds the Crown to the extent that the enactment amended binds the Crown.

(1)

1973 c. 41.