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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-competition-act-1998-and-other-enactments-amendment-regulations-2004/schedule-1/paragraph-17",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2004/0110490436",
  "legislation_title": "The Competition Act 1998 and Other Enactments (Amendment) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-competition-act-1998-and-other-enactments-amendment-regulations-2004",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/17",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "For section 31 (decisions following an investigation) there is substituted—\n“(1) If as a result of an investigation the OFT proposes to make a decision, the OFT must—\n(a) give written notice to the person (or persons) likely to be affected by the proposed decision; and\n(b) give that person (or those persons) an opportunity to make representations.\n(2) For the purposes of this section and sections 31A and 31B “decision” means a decision of the OFT—\n(a) that the Chapter I prohibition has been infringed;\n(b) that the Chapter II prohibition has been infringed;\n(c) that the prohibition in Article 81(1) has been infringed; or\n(d) that the prohibition in Article 82 has been infringed.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2004/0110490436/schedule/1/paragraph/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:24:21.772044+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."
}