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Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013

Section 56: Review of certain provisions of Chapters 1 and 2

391.This section requires the Government to review certain provisions of the Act every 5 years, with the first review taking place no later than 5 years after these provisions come into force. The Government’s policy of sunset and review of regulations can be found in Sunsetting Regulations: Guidance (2011)(7).

392.In accordance with this guidance, the new provisions to which this section applies are the information gathering powers for merger and market investigations as well as the enforcement of these powers (contained in sections 29, 36 and Schedule 11); statutory timescales for mergers and markets (contained in section 32, Schedule 8, section 38 and Schedule 12); and strengthened interim measures for merger investigations (contained in section 30 and Schedule 7).

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