Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 22:

In page 46, before line 1, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 14B of Act of 2002
49. Section 14B of the Act of 2002 is amended—

(a) in subsection (1), by substituting the following paragraph for paragraph (a):

“(a) following an investigation referred to in—

(i) paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section 8 of the Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014, by the Commission, or
(ii) section 47A (inserted by section 31 of the Communications Regulation (Amendment) Act 2007) by the Commission for Communications Regulation, and”,

and

(b) by deleting subsection (11).”.

This amendment amends section 14B of the Competition Act 2002 to update references to reflect the provisions of the current Bill and gives the Commission for Communications Regulation concomitant powers to the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission to apply to the High Court for orders in relation to certain agreements. The provision had been inadvertently omitted from the Competition (Amendment) Act 2012 when such powers were granted to the Competition Authority. The last amendment, to delete subsection (11) of section 14B, is consequential on substituting a new definition of "undertaking" in section 3 of the 2002 Act, as provided for in the proposed amendment to section 46.