Section 59(1)

In this Part— "agreement" is to be read with section 2(5) and (6); ... ... ... ... “block exemption” has the meaning given in section 6(4); “block exemption order” has the meaning given in section 6(2); “the Chapter I prohibition” has the meaning given in section 2(8); “the Chapter II prohibition” has the meaning given in section 18(4); “class member” has the meaning given in section 47B(8)(a); “the CMA” means the Competition and Markets Authority; “collective proceedings” has the meaning given in section 47B(1); “collective proceedings order” means an order made by the Tribunal authorising the continuance of collective proceedings; ... ... “the court”, except in sections 49E, 58, 58A and 60A and Schedule 8A and the expression “European Court”, means— in England and Wales, the High Court; in Scotland, the Court of Session; and in Northern Ireland, the High Court; ... “document” includes information recorded in any form; ... ... ... “individual exemption” has the meaning given in section 4(2); “information” includes estimates and forecasts; “infringement decision”, except in section 49C, has the meaning given in section 47A(6); “injunction” includes an interim injunction; “investigating officer” has the meaning given in section 27(1); “investigation” means an investigation under section 25; “Minister of the Crown” has the same meaning as in the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975; “OFCOM” means the Office of Communications; “officer”, in relation to a body corporate, includes a director, manager or secretary and, in relation to a partnership in Scotland, includes a partner; “opt-in collective proceedings” has the meaning given in section 47B(10); “opt-out collective proceedings” has the meaning given in section 47B(11); ... ... “person”, in addition to the meaning given by the Interpretation Act 1978, includes any undertaking; “premises” includes any land or means of transport; “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State; “regulator” has the meaning given by section 54; “representative” means a person who is authorised by a collective proceedings order to bring collective proceedings; “represented person” means a class member who— has opted in to opt-in collective proceedings, was domiciled in the United Kingdom at the time specified for the purposes of determining domicile (see section 47B(11)(b)(i)) and has not opted out of opt-out collective proceedings, or has opted in to opt-out collective proceedings; “ assimilated block exemption regulation” has the meaning given in section 10(12); “ assimilated exemption” has the meaning given in section 10(3); ... ... “ the Tribunal” means the Competition Appeal Tribunal; “Tribunal rules” means rules under section 15 of the Enterprise Act 2002. “working day” means a day which is not— Saturday, Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday, or a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 (c. 80) in any part of the United Kingdom.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04