Amendments to Part 3 of EA 2002
1 Chapter 5 of Part 3 of EA 2002 (mergers: supplementary) is amended as follows.
2 In section 110A (restriction on powers to impose penalties under section 110), after subsection (9) insert -
"(10) Where the section 109 power is exercised for the purposes of providing assistance to an overseas regulator (see Chapter 2 of Part 5 of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024), the relevant day is the earlier of -
(a) in the case of a penalty imposed by virtue of section 110(1)(a), the day on which the CMA gives notice to the relevant person that -
(i) the information or documents specified or described in the notice under section 109 have been produced or supplied to the satisfaction of the CMA, or
(ii) the relevant person has appeared as a witness in accordance with the requirements of the CMA;
(b) in the case of a penalty imposed by virtue of section 110(1)(b), the day on which the CMA gives notice to the relevant person that the
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