Section 132(2)

In section 51 (time-limits for investigations and reports by CMA)— before subsection (3) insert— Where — the CMA may extend the original period by the extension period. the CMA and the persons carrying on the enterprises concerned agree— that the period within which a report under section 50 is to be prepared and published (the “original period”) should be extended, and the duration of the period by which the original period should be extended (the “extension period”), and the Secretary of State consents to the original period being extended by the extension period, in subsection (7), after “subsection” insert “(2A),”; after that subsection insert— An extension under subsection (2A) continues in force until— the end of the extension period, or an earlier time if, before the end of that period— the CMA and the persons carrying on the enterprises concerned agree that the extension should be cancelled with effect from the earlier time, the Secretary of State consents to the cancellation of the extension with effect from that time, and the CMA publishes its decision to cancel the extension with effect from that time.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-07-30