Commentary on Sections
17.The commentary on sections is set out by Part, with the commentary on the various Schedules included in that for the Part to which they relate. In these notes, the following abbreviations are used:
	administrative receiver (AR);
	bankruptcy restrictions orders (BROs);
	bankruptcy restrictions undertakings (BRUs);
	Company Directors Disqualification Act (CDDA 1986);
	company voluntary agreement (CVA);
	Competition Act 1998 (CA 1998);
	Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT);
	Competition Commission (CC);
	Control of Misleading Advertising Regulations 1988 (CMARS 1988);
	County Court Administration Orders (CCAOs);
	Criminal Justice Act 1987 (CJA 1987);
	Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (CJPA 2001);
	Department of Trade and Industry (“the Department”);
	Director General of Fair Trading (DGFT);
	The treaty establishing the European Community (EC);
	Estate Agents Act 1979 (EAA 1979);
	European Community Merger Regulation (ECMR);
	Fair Trading Act 1973 (FTA 1973);
	insolvency practitioners (IPs);
	Office of Fair Trading (OFT);
	The Postal Services Commission (POSTCOMM);
	public-private partnership (PPP);
	Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA 2000);
	Serious Fraud Office (SFO);
	Stop Now Orders (EC Directive) Regulations 2001 (SNORs);
	United Kingdom (UK);
	Water Industry Act 1991 (WIA 1991).