Legislation – Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013
PART 4Competition Reform
CHAPTER 2Markets
Cross-market investigations
33Power of CMA to make cross-market references
(1)
Section 131 of the 2002 Act (power to make market investigation references) is amended as follows.
(2)
“(2A)
In a case where the feature or each of the features concerned falls within subsection (2)(b) or (c), a reference under subsection (1) may be made in relation to more than one market in the United Kingdom for goods or services.”
(3)
In subsection (4)(a), for “section 156(1)” substitute “section 156(A1) or (1)”.
(4)
In subsection (6)—
(a)
““cross-market reference” means a reference under this section which falls within subsection (2A) or a reference under section 132 which falls within subsection (3A) of that section (and see section 140A);”, and
(b)
““ordinary reference” means a reference under this section or section 132 which is not a cross-market reference (and see section 140A);”.