Competition (Amendment) Act 2012

Amendment of section 160 of Companies Act 1990.

9.— Section 160 of the Companies Act 1990 is amended by—

(a) the insertion, in subsection (2), of the following paragraph:

“(hh) a person has contravened section 4 or 5 of the Competition Act 2002 or Article 101 or 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; or”,

and

(b) the insertion of the following subsection:

“(6B) An application to which paragraph (hh) of subsection (2) applies may be made by the competent authority (within the meaning of the Competition Act 2002 ).”.