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Fair Trading Act 1973

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48Monopoly reference limited to the facts

A monopoly reference may be so framed as to require the Commission only to investigate and report on the questions whether a monopoly situation exists in relation to the matters set out in the reference in accordance with section 47 of this Act and, if so,—

(a)by virtue of which provisions of sections 6 to 8 of this Act that monopoly situation is to be taken to exist;

(b)in favour of what person or persons that monopoly situation exists;

(c)whether any steps (by way of uncompetitive practices or otherwise) are being taken by that person or those persons for the purpose of exploiting or maintaining the monopoly situation and, if so, by what uncompetitive practices or in what other way; and

(d)whether any action or omission on the part of that person or those persons is attributable to the existence of the monopoly situation and, if so, what action or omission and in what way it is so attributable ;

and a monopoly reference so framed is in this Act referred to as a " monopoly reference limited to the facts ".

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