48 Extension of power to issue warrants to CAT
Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (2013 c 24) | Legislation

48  Extension of power to issue warrants to CAT

(1)     Section 194 of the 2002 Act (power to enter premises under a warrant) is amended as follows.

(2)     In subsection (1), for the words from the beginning to “if he is satisfied” substitute “On an application made to it by the CMA or, in Scotland, the procurator fiscal, the appropriate body may issue a warrant if it is satisfied”.

(3)     After subsection (1) insert—

“(1A)     In subsection (1), “appropriate body” means—

(a)     in England and Wales and Northern Ireland, the High Court or the Competition Appeal Tribunal;

(b)     in Scotland, the

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