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UK Law Reference
All sections of Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024
2024 c. 13, s.328

Section 328 — Offenders assisting investigations and prosecutions: powers of the CMA

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

This version in force from 2025-01-01

Snapshot: 2026-08-24

Reproduced from legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). Amendments made after 2026-08-24 may not be reflected — always check the official text .

(1) In Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (offenders assisting investigations and prosecutions), section 71 (assistance by offender: immunity from prosecution) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (4), after paragraph (dab) insert— (dac) the Competition and Markets Authority; .

(3) In subsection (6A), in the words before paragraph (a), after “the Bank of England,” insert “the Competition and Markets Authority”.

(4) After subsection (7) insert— (8) The Competition and Markets Authority, or a person designated by the Competition and Markets Authority under subsection (4)(e), may not give an immunity notice (but has the other powers available to specified prosecutors).