Provisions coming into force on 1st April 2014I12

1

The following provisions of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (so far as not already brought into force) come into force on 1st April 2014—

a

in Part 3 (the Competition and Markets Authority)—

  • section 25(3) (the Competition and Markets Authority: duty to promote competition);

  • section 26 (abolition of the Competition Commission and the OFT);

b

in Part 4 (competition reform)—

  • sections 29 to 51 (mergers, markets, anti-trust, cartels, etc.);

  • sections 54 to 58 (miscellaneous);

c

Schedule 4 (the Competition and Markets Authority);

d

Schedules 5 to 13 (amendments relating to Part 3, Part 4, etc.);

e

paragraphs 1 to 19 and 23 to 29 of Schedule 14 (regulators: use of powers under the 1998 Act); and

f

Schedule 15 (minor and consequential amendments: Part 4).

2

The Schedule contains transitional provisions and savings relating to the provisions brought into force by paragraph (1).