Amendments to the Enterprise Act 2002 (Protection of Legitimate Interests) Order 2003
19.—(1) Schedule 4 is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph 3(2), for “Competition Commission” substitute “Competition and Markets Authority”.
(3) In paragraph 7(1), in the words before paragraph (a), for “Competition Commission” substitute “Competition and Markets Authority”.
(4) Omit paragraph 15(2) and (3).
(5) After paragraph 17 insert—
“Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c.24)
18. In Schedule 4 to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (the Competition and Markets Authority)—
(a)in paragraph 35(3) the reference in the definition of a “newspaper merger reference” to section 45 of the Enterprise Act 2002 shall have effect as if it included a reference to article 5 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (Protection of Legitimate Interests) Order 2003;
(b)the reference in paragraph 47(1) to section 64(1) of the Enterprise Act 2002 shall have effect as if it included a reference to article 7(1) of the Enterprise Act 2002 (Protection of Legitimate Interests) Order 2003;
(c)the reference in paragraph 47(2) to section 62A of the Enterprise Act 2002 shall have effect as if it included a reference to article 5A of the Enterprise Act 2002 (Protection of Legitimate Interests) Order 2003;
(d)the reference in paragraph 51(6)(b) to section 62 of the Enterprise Act 2002 shall have effect as if it included a reference to article 5 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (Protection of Legitimate Interests) Order 2003;
(e)in paragraph 53(9) the reference in the definition of “merger investigation” to section 62 of the Enterprise Act 2002 shall have effect as if it included a reference to article 5 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (Protection of Legitimate Interests) Order 2003;
(f)paragraph 56(1) shall have effect as if it also provided that paragraph 56(4) also applies for the purposes of the Enterprise Act 2002 (Protection of Legitimate Interests) Order 2003; and
(g)in paragraph 56(4)—
(i)a reference to section 63 of the Enterprise Act 2002 shall have effect as if it included a reference to article 6 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (Protection of Legitimate Interests) Order 2003; and
(ii)a reference to a special merger situation shall have effect as if it included a reference to a European relevant merger situation.”