Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024DMCCAUK · 2024 c. 13
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Sections

Section 328Offenders assisting investigations and prosecutions: powers of the CMA

(1) In Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (offenders assisting investigations and prosecutions), section 71 (assistance by offender: immunity from prosecution) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (4), after paragraph (dab) insert—
  • “(dac)
    the Competition and Markets Authority;”

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(3) In subsection (6A), in the words before paragraph (a), after “the Bank of England,” insert “the Competition and Markets Authority”.
(4) After subsection (7) insert—
“(8) The Competition and Markets Authority, or a person designated by the Competition and Markets Authority under subsection (4)(e), may not give an immunity notice (but has the other powers available to specified prosecutors).”

Annotations

Commencement Information

  1. I1 S. 328 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 339(1)
  2. I2 S. 328 in force at 1.1.2025 by S.I. 2024/1226, regs. 1(2), 2(1)(5)(c)