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Version date: 24 May 2024 - onwards

182 Final infringement notice

(1) This section applies where -

(a) the CMA has given to the respondent a provisional infringement notice under section 181,

(b) the time for the respondent to make representations to the CMA in accordance with that notice has expired, and

(c) after considering such representations (if any), the CMA is satisfied that -

(i) the respondent has engaged, is engaging or is likely to engage in a commercial practice constituting a relevant infringement, or

(ii) the respondent is an accessory to such a practice.

(2) The CMA may give to the respondent a notice under this section (a "final infringement notice").

(3) In deciding whether to give a final infringement notice the CMA must, in particular, have regard to whether the respondent has previously given an undertaking under this Chapter or Chapter 3 in respect of the acts or omissions in relation to which the final infringement notice would be given.

(4) A final infringement notice may impose on the respondent a requirement to do either or both of the following -