251.The main provisions of this Chapter provide for:
giving the CMA the power to carry out an investigation into practices across more than one market;
giving the Secretary of State the power to request the CMA to investigate public interest issues alongside competition issues as part of market investigations;
introducing and, in some cases, reducing statutory time limits and harmonising information gathering powers for all stages of the markets process;
removing the OFT’s current duty to consult on decisions not to make a market investigation reference, except where there has been a request for a reference to be made during a market study; and
ensuring that the CMA may use interim measures to reverse as well as to prevent pre-emptive action during a market investigation.