Type
of inquiry |
Enactment |
Referring organisation |
Completed
merger |
Enterprise
Act 2002 s22 |
Office of
Fair Trading |
Anticipated merger |
Enterprise Act 2002 s33 |
Office of Fair Trading |
Article 21(4) - protection of legitimate
interests |
Enterprise Act 2002 (Protection
of Legitimate Interests) Order 2003 |
Secretary of State |
Merger raising public interest
issues, including some newspaper and other media mergers
|
Enterprise Act 2002 s45 |
Secretary of State |
Merger raising special public
interest issues |
Enterprise Act 2002 s62 |
Secretary of State |
Market |
Enterprise Act 2002 s131,
132 |
Office of Fair Trading,
sectoral regulators with concurrent powers (the Office
of Communications (Ofcom), the Gas and Electricity Markets
Authority (GEMA), the Director General of Water Services
, the Northern Ireland Authority for Energy Regulation
(NIAER), the Office of Rail Regulation and the Civil Aviation
Authority) or Minister |
Water merger |
Water Industry Act 1991 s32 |
The Office of Fair Trading |
Water and sewerage, determination under
conditions of appointment |
Water Industry Act 1991
s12 |
Director General of Water
Services |
Water and sewerage appointment modification |
Water Industry Act 1991 s14 |
Director General of Water Services |
Water supply licence modification |
Water Industry Act 1991 s17K |
Director General of Water Services |
Airport price regulation (quinquennial reviews) |
Airports Act 1986 s43 or Airports (Northern
Ireland) Order 1994 art 34 |
Civil Aviation Authority |
Gas licence modification |
Gas Act 1986 s24, or Gas (Northern Ireland)
Order 1996 art 15 |
GEMA, NIAER |
Gas non–licensable activities |
Gas Act 1986 s41E |
GEMA |
Electricity licence modification |
Electricity Act 1989 s12, or Electricity
(Northern Ireland) Order 1992 art 15 |
GEMA, NIAER |
Electricity non-licensable activities |
Electricity Act 1989 s56C |
GEMA |
Railways licence modification |
Railways Act 1993, s13 |
Office of Rail Regulation |
Railways access charges |
Railways Act 1993 Schedule 4A |
Office of Rail Regulation |
National Air Traffic System |
Transport Act 2000 s12 |
Civil Aviation Authority |
Price control telecommunications references |
Communications Act 2003
s 193 |
Competition Appeal Tribunal |
Postal services licence modification |
Postal Services Act 2000 s15 |
Postal Services Commission |
Regulatory provisions or practices |
Financial Services and Markets
Act 2000 s162 or s306 |
Office of Fair Trading |
Public bodies - efficiency and
costs |
Competition Act 1980 s11 |
Secretary of State |
Scottish water price control and licence modification
references |
The Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act
2005 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order
2005 |
Water Industry Commission for Scotland |