{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/airports-groundhandling-regulations-1997/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/airports-groundhandling-regulations-1997/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/2389",
  "legislation_title": "The Airports (Groundhandling) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/airports-groundhandling-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Prohibition of restrictions",
  "text": "Save as otherwise provided in these Regulations, the managing body of an airport shall take the necessary measures to—\n(a) ensure free access by suppliers of groundhandling services to the market for the provision of groundhandling services to third parties; and\n(b) ensure the freedom to self-handle.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 8(a) in force at 1.1.1999 for specified purposes, see reg. 1(4)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Reg. 8(a) in force at 1.1.2001 in so far as not already in force, see reg. 1(4)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "Reg. 8(b) in force at 1.1.1998, see reg. 1(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2389/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:50:54.279549+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}