The Enterprise Act 2002 was established to provide for the functions of the Office of Fair Trading, the Competition Appeal Tribunal and the Competition Service;

to make provision about mergers and market structures and conduct; to amend the constitution and functions of the Competition Commission;

to create an offence for those entering into certain anti-competitive agreements; to provide for the disqualification of directors of companies engaging in certain anti-competitive practices;

to make other provision about competition law; to amend the law relating to the protection of the collective interests of consumers;

to make further provision about the disclosure of information obtained under competition and consumer legislation;

to amend the Insolvency Act 1986 and make other provision about insolvency;