44 Investigation and report by [CMA]

44  Investigation and report by [CMA]

(1)     Subsection (2) applies where the Secretary of State has given an intervention notice in relation to a relevant merger situation.

(2)     The [CMA] shall, within such period as the Secretary of State may require, give a report to the Secretary of State in relation to the case.

(3)     The report shall contain—

(a)     advice from the [CMA] on the considerations relevant to the making of a reference under section 22 or 33 which are also relevant to the Secretary of State's decision as to whether to make a reference under section 45; and

(b)     a summary of any representations about the case which have been received by the [CMA] and which relate to any public interest consideration mentioned in the intervention notice concerned [(other than a media public interest consideration)] and which is or may be relevant to the Secretary of State's decision as to whether to make a reference under section 45.

(4)     The report shall, in particular, include decisions

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