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Version date: 24 May 2024 - onwards

138 Final undertakings and orders: power to conduct trials

(1) Schedule 9 makes provision amending Part 4 of EA 2002 allowing the CMA or the Secretary of State to conduct trials to assess the likely effectiveness of final undertakings and orders that the CMA or the Secretary of State is minded to accept or impose under that Part.

(2) The Secretary of State may by regulations amend -

(a) any sectoral enactment, or

(b) section 168 of EA 2002 (regulated markets),

in connection with provision made by Schedule 9.

(3) The power to make regulations under subsection (2) includes power to make provision for the CMA or Secretary of State to be able to modify, or request that another person modifies, any agreement, arrangement, condition, licence, statement (or anything of a similar nature) in connection with an implementation trial measure (within the meaning of Part 4 of EA 2002, as amended by Schedule 9).