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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2751",
  "legislation_title": "The Competition Act 1998 (Office of Fair Trading’s Rules) Order 2004",
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  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Withdrawal of an exclusion",
  "text": "(1) Subject to rules 17 and 18, if the OFT proposes to give a direction under paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Act or paragraph 2 or 9 of Schedule 3 to the Act, or in accordance with an order made under section 50 of the Act, to the effect that an exclusion made by a provision specified in paragraph (2) does not apply to an agreement, it shall consult each person who it considers is a party to the agreement.\n(2) The provisions specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) are—\n(a) paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act (enterprises ceasing to be distinct: the Chapter I prohibition);\n(b) paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 3 to the Act (section 21(2) agreements);\n(c) paragraph 9(1) of Schedule 3 to the Act (agricultural products); and\n(d) an order made under section 50 of the Act (vertical agreements and land agreements).\n(3) The period specified for the purposes of paragraph 4(4) of Schedule 1 to the Act and paragraphs 2(6) and 9(6) of Schedule 3 to the Act is ten working days starting with the date the notice is given.\n(4) If the OFT has given a direction referred to in paragraph (1), it shall publish the direction.",
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