While the Competition Commission (Commission) is the principal competition authority responsible for enforcing the Competition Ordinance (Ordinance), under section 159 of the Ordinance, the Communications Authority (CA) may, pursuant to its concurrent jurisdiction with the Commission, perform the functions of the Commission under the Ordinance in so far as those functions relate to the conduct of certain undertakings operating in the telecommunications and broadcasting sectors.
As required by section 161 of the Ordinance, the Commission and the CA have prepared and signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the purpose of coordinating the performance of their functions under the Ordinance.