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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998-public-policy-exclusion-order-2006/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/605",
  "legislation_title": "The Competition Act 1998 (Public Policy Exclusion) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998-public-policy-exclusion-order-2006",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "COMPETITION\nMade 6th March 2006\nLaid before Parliament 9th March 2006\nComing into force 3rd April 2006\nThe Secretary of State is satisfied that there are exceptional and compelling reasons of public policy why agreements of the description specified in this Order should be excluded from the prohibition contained in Chapter I of the Competition Act 1998. In exercise of the powers conferred by paragraphs 7(1) and (2) of Schedule 3 to the Competition Act 1998, the Secretary of State makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1998.c 41."
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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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