Competition Commission
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The Competition Commission was a former UK public body responsible for investigating mergers, markets, and regulated industries to promote fair competition before its functions were absorbed into the Competition and Markets Authority.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Office of Fair Trading | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
competition authority
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former United Kingdom public body ⓘ non-departmental public body ⓘ |
| abolishedBy | Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| activity |
market investigations
ⓘ
merger inquiries ⓘ regulatory references ⓘ |
| appliesCompetitionLaw |
Competition Act 1998
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Enterprise Act 2002 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
United Kingdom markets
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regulated industries in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dissolvedInYear | 2014 ⓘ |
| dissolvedOnDate | 2014-04-01 ⓘ |
| formedFrom | Monopolies and Mergers Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentBranch | executive branch of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasPredecessor | Monopolies and Mergers Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole | independent competition authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSuccessor | Competition and Markets Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | UK competition regime ⓘ |
| isPublicBodyOf | Government of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Competition Act 1998
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Enterprise Act 2002 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mandate |
investigate markets
ⓘ
investigate mergers ⓘ investigate regulated industries ⓘ |
| mergedInto | Competition and Markets Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedInLanguage | English ⓘ |
| operationalUntil | 2014 ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Department of Trade and Industry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose | promote fair competition ⓘ |
| regulates | anti-competitive practices ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Competition and Markets Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replaces | Monopolies and Mergers Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scope | markets and mergers with UK dimension ⓘ |
| sector |
competition law enforcement
ⓘ
market regulation ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| subjectOf | UK competition policy reforms ⓘ |
| supervises | regulated industries ⓘ |
| website | http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/ ⓘ |
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Office of Fair Trading