Part 5: Miscellaneous Chapter 3: Miscellaneous Schedule 29: Duty of expedition on sectoral regulators in respect of their competition functions
This Schedule amends the relevant sectoral legislation to apply a duty of expedition to regulators when they exercise competition functions under Part 1 of the Competition Act 1998 or Part 4 of the Enterprise Act 2002. In relation to concurrent functions under Part 1 of the Competition Act 1998, the concurrent regulators exercise some functions which are not listed in Schedule 4A to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013. To ensure the regulators are in a consistent position with the CMA, the amendments made to the sectoral legislation ensure that the duty applies only to the extent that a function under Part 1 of the Competition Act 1998 is both exercisable concurrently by the sector regulator, and specified in the new Schedule 4A.
	Paragraphs (1) and (2) insert a duty of expedition into sections 61 and 63 of the Civil Aviation Act 2012 and section 86 of the Transport Act 2000, which applies when the Civil Aviation Authority exercises its concurrent competition functions under Part 4 of the Enterprise Act 2002 and Part 1 of the Competition Act 1998.
	Paragraph (3) inserts a duty of expedition into sections 234I and 234J of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 which apply when the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) exercises concurrent functions under Part 4 of the Enterprise Act 2002 and Part 1 of the Competition Act 1998.
	Paragraphs (4), (5) and (6) insert a duty of expedition into Article 29 of the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 and Article 23 of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, and Article 46 of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 respectively. These apply when the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation exercises concurrent functions under Part 4 of the Enterprise Act 2002 and Part 1 of the Competition Act 1998.
	Paragraph (7) inserts a duty of expedition into sections 370 and 371 of the Communications Act 2003 which apply when the Office of Communications (OFCOM) exercises concurrent functions under Part 4 of the Enterprise Act 2002 and Part 1 of the Competition Act 1998.
	Paragraphs (8) and (9) insert a duty of expedition into section 36A of the Gas Act 1986 and section 43 of the Electricity Act 1989 which apply when the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) exercise concurrent functions under Part 4 of the Enterprise Act 2002 and Part 1 of the Competition Act 1998.
	Paragraph (10) inserts a duty of expedition into section 67 of the Railways Act 1993 which applies when the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) exercises concurrent functions under Part 4 of the Enterprise Act 2002 and Part 1 of the Competition Act 1998.
	Paragraph (11) inserts a duty of expedition into sections 59 and 61 of the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 which applies when the Payment Systems Regulator exercises concurrent functions under Part 4 of the Enterprise Act 2002 and Part 1 of the Competition Act 1998.
	Paragraph (12) inserts a duty of expedition into section 31 of the Water Industry Act 1991 which applies when the Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat) exercises concurrent functions under Part 4 of the Enterprise Act 2002 and Part 1 of the Competition Act 1998 that are concurrent with the CMA.