{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998-public-policy-exclusion-order-2012/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998-public-policy-exclusion-order-2012/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/710",
  "legislation_title": "The Competition Act 1998 (Public Policy Exclusion) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998-public-policy-exclusion-order-2012",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Qualifying Protocol",
  "text": "For the purposes of this Order, a Qualifying Protocol is an agreement that—\n(a) concerns the distribution of fuel in the event of a fuel supply disruption;\n(b) is between the Secretary of State and one or more persons;\n(c) designates any person that is a party to it as a Protocol Party for the purposes of this Order;\n(d) provides that it can only be activated by a decision of the Secretary of State that there is a fuel supply disruption; and\n(e) provides that it will only remain activated for the duration of the fuel supply disruption.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/710/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:37:58.865456+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."
}