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Mr Iain Wright

 

Ian Murray

 

Chi Onwurah

 

86

 

Schedule  11,  page  183,  leave out lines 18 to 21.

 

Norman Lamb

 

29

 

Schedule  11,  page  184,  line  42,  after ‘140A(2)’, insert ‘(b)’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

30

 

Schedule  11,  page  184,  line  46,  after ‘140A(2)’, insert ‘(b)’.

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Ian Murray

 

Chi Onwurah

 

87

 

Schedule  11,  page  186,  line  12,   leave out from ‘exceeding’ to end of line 17 and

 

insert—

 

    

‘10 per cent. of the company’s revenues for the previous year, or

 

£30,000 whichever is the higher;

 

(b)    

in the case of any amount calculated by reference to a daily rate, an

 

amount per day exceeding 10 per cent. of the company’s revenues for

 

the previous year, or £15,000 whichever is the higher; and

 

(c)    

in the case of a fixed amount and an amount calculated by reference to

 

a daily rate, a fixed amount exceeding £30,000 or 10 per cent. of the

 

company’s revenues for the previous year whichever is the higher, and

 

an amount per day exceeding £15,000 or 10 per cent. of the company’s

 

revenues for the previous year whichever is the higher.’.

 

 

Norman Lamb

 

31

 

Clause  27,  page  21,  line  24,  after ‘where’, insert ‘—

 

(a)    

’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

32

 

Clause  27,  page  21,  line  25,  at end insert ‘; or

 

(b)    

the CMA has begun the process of consultation under section 169 in

 

respect of a decision of the kind mentioned in subsection (6)(a)(i) of that

 

section.’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

33

 

Clause  27,  page  21,  line  30,  after ‘permitted period’, insert ‘, in a case to which this

 

section applies by virtue of paragraph (a) of subsection (A1),’.

 
 

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Norman Lamb

 

34

 

Clause  27,  page  21,  line  42,  after ‘period.’ insert—

 

‘(1B)    

For the purposes of subsection (1), the permitted period, in a case to which this

 

section applies by virtue of paragraph (b) of subsection (A1), is the period

 

beginning with the date on which the CMA begins the process of consultation

 

concerned and ending with—

 

(a)    

the acceptance by the CMA of an undertaking under section 154 instead

 

of the making of a reference under section 131 in relation to the matter

 

concerned;

 

(b)    

the publication of notice of the fact that the CMA has otherwise decided

 

not to make such a reference in relation to the matter; or

 

(c)    

the making of such a reference in relation to the matter.’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

35

 

Clause  27,  page  22,  line  28,  leave out ‘In subsection (1A)(a), the’ and insert ‘In this

 

section, a’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

36

 

Clause  27,  page  22,  line  33,  leave out ‘subsection (1A)(a)’ and insert ‘this section’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

37

 

Clause  27,  page  22,  line  44,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

This section also applies where—

 

(a)    

the CMA has conducted a consultation under section 169 in respect of a

 

decision of the kind mentioned in subsection (6)(a)(i) of that section;

 

(b)    

the CMA has decided that it should make an ordinary reference or a

 

cross-market reference in relation to the matter concerned under section

 

131; and

 

(c)    

an intervention notice under section 139(1) is in force in relation to the

 

matter at the time when the CMA makes that decision.’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

38

 

Clause  27,  page  23,  leave out lines 3 to 6 and insert—

 

‘(b)    

in a case falling within subsection (1), shall not publish the market study

 

report under section 131B(4) and shall instead, within the period

 

mentioned in section 131B(4), give the report to the Secretary of State;

 

and

 

(c)    

in a case falling within subsection (1A), shall give to the Secretary of

 

State a document containing—

 

(i)    

its decision and the reasons for its decision; and

 

(ii)    

such information as the CMA considers appropriate for

 

facilitating a proper understanding of the reasons for its

 

decision.’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

39

 

Clause  27,  page  23,  line  13,  leave out ‘contained in the market study report

 

concerned’.

 
 

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Norman Lamb

 

40

 

Clause  27,  page  23,  line  20,  leave out ‘section 131B’ and insert ‘this Part’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

41

 

Clause  27,  page  23,  line  23,  leave out ‘contained in the market study report’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

42

 

Clause  27,  page  23,  line  37,  leave out ‘market study report concerned contains the

 

decision of the CMA’ and insert ‘decision of the CMA was’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

43

 

Clause  27,  page  23,  line  40,  leave out ‘report contains the decision of the CMA’

 

and insert ‘decision of the CMA was’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

44

 

Clause  27,  page  23,  line  43,  at beginning insert ‘In a case falling within subsection

 

(1),’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

45

 

Clause  27,  page  23,  line  45,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

In a case falling within subsection (1A), the Secretary of State shall publish the

 

document given to the Secretary of State by the CMA under subsection (2)(c), at

 

the same time as the Secretary of State makes a reference under this section.’.

 

 

Norman Lamb

 

46

 

Schedule  10,  page  172,  line  8,  after ‘notice’, insert ‘or (as the case may be) the

 

consultation under section 169’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

47

 

Schedule  10,  page  172,  line  10,  after ‘notice’, insert ‘or (as the case may be) on

 

which the process of consultation began’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

48

 

Schedule  10,  page  172,  line  38,  after 140A(2)’ insert ‘(b)’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

49

 

Schedule  10,  page  172,  line  41,  at end insert—

 

‘(4BA)    

Subsection (4C) also applies in a case where—

 
 

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(a)    

an intervention notice ceases to be in force in accordance with subsection

 

(4A); and

 

(b)    

the CMA has, before the time at which the notice ceases to be in force—

 

(i)    

decided that it should make an ordinary reference or a cross-

 

market reference under section 131 in relation to the matter

 

concerned; and

 

(ii)    

given a document containing its decision, the reasons for it and

 

such information as the CMA considers appropriate for

 

facilitating a proper understanding of the reasons for its decision

 

to the Secretary of State in accordance with section 140A(2)(c).’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

50

 

Schedule  10,  page  172,  line  47,  leave out ‘section 131B’ and insert ‘this Part’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

51

 

Schedule  10,  page  178,  line  22,  leave out ‘section 131B’ and insert ‘this Part’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

52

 

Schedule  10,  page  179,  line  33,  leave out ‘section 131B’ and insert ‘this Part’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

53

 

Schedule  10,  page  179,  line  38,  leave out ‘section 131B’ and insert ‘this Part’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

54

 

Schedule  10,  page  181,  line  9,  at end insert—

 

      ‘()  

In subsection (7), omit “or (2)(d)”.’.

 

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Ian Murray

 

Chi Onwurah

 

57

 

Clause  29,  page  28,  line  11,  at end insert—

 

‘(2BA)    

When subsection (2B) is applied, the relevant authority must publish a cost

 

benefit assessment for the measures applied.’.

 

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

Ian Murray

 

Chi Onwurah

 

58

 

Clause  34,  page  32,  line  45,  at end insert—

 

‘(5A)    

After sub-paragraph 2(4) insert—

 
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