Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014

2

Interpretation

2. In this Act—

“Act of 2002” means the Competition Act 2002;

“Act of 2007” means the Consumer Protection Act 2007;

“authorised officer” shall be construed in accordance with section 35;

“Commission” has the meaning assigned to it by section 9;

“contravention” has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 2002;

“enactment” has the same meaning as it has in the Interpretation Act 2005;

“establishment day” shall be construed in accordance with section 8;

“dissolved body” has the meaning assigned to it by section 38;

“financial year” means a period of 12 months ending on 31 December in any year and, in the case of the first financial year of the Commission, means the period commencing on the establishment day and ending on 31 December in the year in which the establishment day falls;

“goods” has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 2007;

“Minister” means the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation;

“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister;

“recognised trade union or staff association” means a trade union or staff association recognised by the Commission for the purposes of negotiations which are concerned with the remuneration or conditions of employment, or the working conditions of employees;

F1["Regulation of 2003" means Regulation (EC) No. 1/2003 of 16 December 20028 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty;]

F1["relevant competition law" has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 2002;]

“relevant statutory provisions” means—

(a) “relevant statutory provisions” within the meaning of the Act of 2007,

(b) the Act of 2002, and any instrument made under that Act for the time being in force, and

(c) this Act, and any instrument made under this Act for the time being in force;

“services” has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 2007;

“undertaking” has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 2002.

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Inserted (27.09.2023) by Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (12/2022), s. 24, S.I. No. 448 of 2023.