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186 Effect of undertakings under section 185
(1) This section applies where the CMA accepts an undertaking from a person under section 185 in connection with a matter that it was investigating under section 180.
(2) The CMA may not give a final infringement notice or an online interface notice to the person in relation to the matter.
(3) Subsection (2) does not prevent the CMA from giving a final infringement notice or an online interface notice to the person -
(a) if and to the extent that the notice relates to anything not addressed by the acceptance of the undertaking mentioned in subsection (1);
(b) if the CMA considers that there has been a material change of circumstances since the undertaking was accepted;
(c) if the CMA has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person from whom the undertaking was accepted has failed to adhere to one or more of the terms of the undertaking;
(d) if the CMA has reasonable grounds for suspecting that information which led it to accept the undertaking was incomplete, false or misleading in a material way.