Competition (Amendment) Act 2022

Amendment of section 10 of Act of 2014

25. Section 10 of the Act of 2014 is amended—

(a) in paragraph (c) of subsection (1), by the substitution of “on its own initiative, in response to a complaint made to it by any person, or to assist with an investigation conducted by the European Commission or a competition authority of another Member State in accordance with the Regulation of 2003,” for “either on its own initiative or in response to a complaint made to it by any person,

(b) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (6):

“(6) The Commission may delegate the performance of any of its functions to any member of the Commission, to any member of its staff duly authorised in that behalf by the Commission or to any authorised officer duly authorised in that behalf by the Commission.”,

and

(c) in subsection (7), by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (c):

“(ca) the referral of a matter to an adjudication officer for decision under section 15M of the Act of 2002,”.