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Recommendation 24
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Acknowledged
We support the Transport Committee’s recommendations in its UK aviation: reform for take-off Report of...
Recommendation
We support the Transport Committee’s recommendations in its UK aviation: reform for take-off Report of the 2021–22 Session, on the need for the Civil Aviation Authority to have the power to impose financial penalties on airlines which fail to refund customers when required to do so by law. We recommend that the BEIS Department considers the enforcement powers of sectoral regulators more widely, as part of our recommendations in this report on its future work with the CMA, as the primary enforcer of consumer law in the UK. (Paragraph 157) Digital Markets
Government response summary AI-generated
The Government has committed to reform the CMA's powers as a priority in the Digital Markets Competition and Consumer Bill. Government will keep the case for extending similar direct enforcement powers to sectoral regulators under review.
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Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government · verbatim extract
Acknowledged
The CMA strongly supports the UK Government’s proposals for reform of consumer law enforcement, including enhancements to the civil enforcement process, and the introduction of new administrative enforcement powers, both including the ability to impose penalties for breaches of consumer law. In its response to the UK Government’s consultation on these proposals, the CMA supported the extension of these powers to those sector regulators who wish to enforce consumer law through an administrative model.
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