The Competition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 No. 93

SCHEDULE 2 U.K. Amendment of subordinate legislation

PART 1 U.K. Amendment of subordinate legislation made under the Competition Act 1998

Competition Act 1998 (Competition and Markets Authority's Rules) Order 2014 U.K.

4.—(1) The Schedule to the Competition Act 1998 (Competition and Markets Authority's Rules) Order 2014 M1 is amended as follows.

(2) In rule 1—

(a) for the definition of “infringement decision” substitute—

““infringement decision” means a decision of the CMA that the Chapter I prohibition or the Chapter II prohibition has been infringed;”;

(b) in the definition of “notice”—

(i) at the end of paragraph (b), insert “ or ”;

(ii) omit paragraph (d) and the “or” before it.

(3) In rule 2—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) omit “Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3),”;

(ii) for the words from “any one or more” to the end substitute “ the Chapter I prohibition or the Chapter II prohibition. ”;

(b) omit paragraphs (2) and (3).

(4) In rule 4—

(a) in paragraph (2), omit “or section 65E(6)(a)(ii) or (b)”;

(b) in paragraph (5)—

(i) omit “or 65F(1)”;

(ii) for “, 28A, 65G or 65H” substitute “ or 28A ”.

(5) In rule 5—

(a) in paragraph (1), for “one or more” substitute “ either or both ”;

(b) in paragraph (2), for the words from “which one” to “considers” substitute “ whether it considers the Chapter I prohibition or the Chapter II prohibition or both ”;

(c) in paragraph (3), omit “or the prohibition in Article 101(1)”.

(6) In rule 9(1)(a), for the words from “one or more of” to “Article 102” substitute “ the Chapter I prohibition or the Chapter II prohibition ”.

(7) In rule 10—

(a) in paragraph (2), omit “or the prohibition in Article 101(1)”;

(b) in paragraph (4)—

(i) omit sub-paragraph (b) and the “or” at the end;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (c) omit “or the prohibition in Article 102”.

(8) In rule 11(a), for the words from “which one” to “considers” substitute “ whether it considers the Chapter I prohibition or the Chapter II prohibition or both ”.

(9) In rule 14—

(a) in paragraph (1), for the words from “to a case” to “Article 102” substitute “ the Chapter I prohibition or the Chapter II prohibition to a case ”;

(b) omit paragraphs (2) to (4).

(10) In rule 15, in paragraph (1) and in the heading, for “parallel exemption” substitute “ retained exemption ”.

(11) Omit rule 16.

(12) In rule 19—

(a) in paragraph (1)(a) omit “, 16(1) 16(3)(a)”;

(b) in paragraph (1)(b) omit “, 16(1), 16(3)(a)”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 2 para. 4 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(1)

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 2014/458.