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  "legislation_title": "The Competition Act 1998 (Director’s rules) Order 2000",
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  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Provisional decision",
  "text": "(1) If the Director proposes to make a provisional decision he shall consult the applicant and those persons whom the applicant has identified in the application as being the other parties to the agreement, or the other persons, if any, who are engaged in the conduct, as the case may be.\n(2) If the Director makes a provisional decision he shall state, in the written notification of the decision to the applicant, the facts on which he bases the decision and his reasons for it.\n(3) Subject to rule 25 below, if the Director makes a provisional decision he shall give written notice of it to those persons whom the applicant has identified in the application as being the other parties to the agreement, or the other persons, if any, who are engaged in the conduct, as the case may be, stating the facts on which he bases the decision and his reasons for it.",
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