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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998-definition-of-appropriate-person-regulations-1999/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/2282",
  "legislation_title": "The Competition Act 1998 (Definition of Appropriate Person) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998-definition-of-appropriate-person-regulations-1999",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nSection 27 of the Competition Act 1998 provides powers of entry in investigating a suspected infringement of the Act’s two prohibitions. Section 73(4)(a) provides that, except where the suspected infringement is by the Crown or a person in the public service of the Crown, the written consent of the appropriate person is required for the exercise of the powers of entry where land is occupied by a government department, or otherwise for the purposes of the Crown. These Regulations determine who is the appropriate person.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2282/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:05:54.383761+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."
}