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17 Existing obligations

(1) Where the CMA decides, as a result of a further SMS investigation, to revoke a designated undertaking's designation in respect of a relevant digital activity, the CMA may make transitional, transitory or saving provision in respect of any existing obligation.

(2) Provision may be made in reliance on subsection (1) only for the purpose of managing the impact of the revocation -

(a) on any person who benefited from the existing obligation, and

(b) in a way that appears to the CMA to be fair and reasonable.

(3) In Chapters 6 (investigatory powers and compliance reports) and 7 (enforcement and appeals), references to a "designated undertaking" are to be read as including an undertaking to which an existing obligation applies by virtue of provision made in reliance on subsection (1).

(4) Subsection (5) applies where the CMA decides, as a result of a further SMS investigation, to -

(a) designate an undertaking again in respect of a relevant digital activity, or

(b) designate an undertaki

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