Part 4: CMA: Referrals and functions Chapter 1: Functions on referrals of subsidies and schemes Section 53: CMA reporting period for mandatory referral
This section makes provision as to the period during which the CMA must report on a subsidy or scheme which is subject to a mandatory referral by a public authority. The CMA must generally publish its report on the subsidy or scheme before the end of the period of 30 working days beginning with the day on which the CMA notifies the public authority that its mandatory referral request contains the required information. If the public authority withdraws its mandatory referral request then the CMA will cease to have a duty to report.
	The reporting period may be extended by agreement between the CMA and the public authority, or by the Secretary of State further to a request by the CMA (with the request having the effect of pausing the reporting period until the Secretary of State determines whether to grant the extension). The Secretary of State may also make regulations which amend the length of the reporting period and the period prior to that during which the CMA must determine whether the mandatory referral request contains the required information.