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  "legislation": "uksi/1980/497",
  "legislation_title": "The Competition Act 1980 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1980-commencement-no-1-order-1980",
  "path": "schedule/1/part/II",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "II",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Column 1\nColumn 2\nColumn 3\nProvisions of the Act\nSubject matter\nPurposes\nSection 3(7) and (8)\nPowers to require production of documents and information\nPurposes of investigations under section 13\nSection 12\nOrders following report under section 11 of the Act\nAll purposes\nSection 13\nInvestigations of prices directed by Secretary of State\nAll purposes\nSection 14\nApplications by Crown concerning patents\nAll purposes\nSection 15(1)\nAgricultural schemes: special provisions\nAll purposes\nSection 16\nGeneral provisions as to reports\nPurposes of reports under section 13 of the Act\nSection 17(1) and (3) to (5)\nLaying before Parliament and publication of reports\nPurposes of reports under section 13 of the Act\nSection 17(6)\nLaying before Parliament and publication of reports\nPurposes of reports under section 12 of the Act\nSection 18\nInformation and advice about operation of Act\nAll purposes\nSection 20\nPower to make grants to certain bodies\nAll purposes\nSection 21\nMonopoly references by Secretary of State alone\nAll purposes\nSection 22\nDisclosure of reports on monopoly references to persons named\nAll purposes\nSection 24\nModification of provisions about performance of Monopolies and Mergers Commission's functions\nAll purposes\nSection 25\nSuspension of declarations under section 1(3) of Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 pending appeals.\nAll purposes\nSection 26\nSuspension of declarations under section 1(3) of Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 pending revision of agreements\nAll purposes\nSection 27\nRecommendations by services supply associations\nAll purposes\nSection 28\nAmendments to section 19 of Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976\nAll purposes\nSection 29\nExemption of certain undertakings from Restrictive Trade Practices Acts\nAll purposes\nSection 30\nExemption of copyright agreements from Restrictive Trade Practices Acts\nAll purposes\nSection 31(3)\nRegulations and orders\nPurposes of section 12 of the Act\nSection 31(4)\nOrders under section 24(1) of the Act\nAll purposes\nSection 33(3)\nInterpretation\nAll purposes",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:02:36.777033+00:00"
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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."
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