[47B Collective proceedings before the Tribunal]
Competition Act 1998 (1998 c 41) | Legislation

[47B  Collective proceedings before the Tribunal]

[(1)     Subject to the provisions of this Act and Tribunal rules, proceedings may be brought before the Tribunal combining two or more claims to which section 47A applies (“collective proceedings”).

(2)     Collective proceedings must be commenced by a person who proposes to be the representative in those proceedings.

(3)     The following points apply in relation to claims in collective proceedings—

(a)     it is not a requirement that all of the claims should be against all of the defendants to the proceedings,

(b)     the proceedings may combine claims which have been made in proceedings under section 47A and claims which have not, and

(c)     a claim which has been made in proceedings under section 47A may be continued in collective proceedings only with the consent of the person who made that claim.

(4)

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