{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/channel-tunnel-act-competition-order-1988/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/channel-tunnel-act-competition-order-1988/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/67",
  "legislation_title": "The Channel Tunnel Act (Competition) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/channel-tunnel-act-competition-order-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "RESTRICTIVE TRADE PRACTICES\nMade 19th January 1988\nComing into force 16th February 1988\nWhereas the Secretary of State has by order dated 18th January 1988 approved a channel tunnel agreement for the purposes of section 29 of the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976;\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 33(5) of the Channel Tunnel Act 1987, and after consultation with the Director General of Fair Trading, hereby makes the following Order in connection with that approval:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1976 c. 34; section 29 was amended in its application to channel tunnel agreements by section 33 of the Channel Tunnel Act 1987 (c. 53)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/67/introduction",
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  },
  "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."
}