Part 4: Independent Advice on and Monitoring of UK Internal Market Reporting, advisory and monitoring functions Section 34: Advising etc on proposed regulatory provisions on request
This section sets out the provision for the CMA to advise on a regulatory proposal prior to it being passed or made in law. If the administration of one part of the UK wishes to do so, it may request non-binding advice from the CMA on an approach to regulation it or any other person proposes to make in the relevant part of the UK.
	Subsection (3) sets out the conditions as to when an authority may make this request. An authority comprises the UK Government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive. Subsection (5) states that this request can be made solely by the Minister in the UK Government or any devolved administration or jointly by two or more.
	Subsection (4) sets out that the advice or report will examine the potential economic impact of the proposal on the functioning of the UK internal market. This could include the proposal’s economic impact on competition or trade distortions, indirect or cumulative effects or impacts on prices, the quality of goods and services or choice for consumers. Subsection (7) states that the CMA may decline to provide a report but must give reasons for doing so.
	Subsections (8) and (9) state that no more than 15 days after the advice or report is shared with the authority who made the original request, it will be shared with all other national authorities who did not make the request and the CMA must publish the report. If the request was made by two or more authorities, advice, reasons, or a report must be provided to them simultaneously.
	Subsection (11) defines "relevant part of the UK" for the purpose of this section.