These Regulations make provision as to the meaning of “subsidy, or subsidy scheme, of interest” and “subsidy, or subsidy scheme, of particular interest” for the purposes of the Subsidy Control Act 2022 (“the Act”). Section 52 of the Act provides that a public authority must request a report from the Competition and Markets Authority (“the CMA”) before giving a subsidy, or making a subsidy scheme, of particular interest. Section 56 of the Act provides that a public authority may request a report from the CMA before giving a subsidy, or making a subsidy scheme, of interest.