Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014

Amendment of section 24 of Act of 2002

60. Section 24 of the Act of 2002 is amended—

(a) by deleting subsection (2),

(b) in subsection (3), by substituting the following paragraph for paragraph (b):

“(b) shall be made within 40 working days after the date on which the undertaking is informed by the Commission of the determination concerned or, in case the determination is one that was made under section 22(3)(c) in relation to a media merger, within 40 working days after the date the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources has informed the undertaking of his or her determination under paragraph (a) or (b) of section 28D(1), or under section 28G(1), as the case may be.”,

(c) in subsection (7) —

(i) in paragraph (b), by deleting “or”,

(ii) in paragraph (c), by substituting “decision, or” for “decision.”, and

(iii) by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (c):

“(d) remit the matter to the Commission and, if appropriate, to the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, with a direction to make a determination taking into account the findings of the High Court, and with any other directions that the High Court considers appropriate.”,

and

(d) in subsection (8), by deleting “or shall, where the operation of section 25(1) results in an order under section 23(4) being annulled after the expiry of the period hereafter mentioned,”.