35 Questions to be decided in relation to completed mergers

35  Questions to be decided in relation to completed mergers

(1)     Subject to subsections (6) and (7) and section 127(3), the [CMA] shall, on a reference under section 22, decide the following questions—

(a)     whether a relevant merger situation has been created; and

(b)     if so, whether the creation of that situation has resulted, or may be expected to result, in a substantial lessening of competition within any market or markets in the United Kingdom for goods or services.

(2)     For the purposes of this Part there is an anti-competitive outcome if—

(a)     a relevant merger situation has been created and the creation of that situation has resulted, or may be expected to result, in a substantial lessening of competition within any market or

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