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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-enterprise-act-2002-mergers-involving-newspaper-enterprises-and-foreign-powers-regulations-2025/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2025/9780348271959",
  "legislation_title": "The Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-enterprise-act-2002-mergers-involving-newspaper-enterprises-and-foreign-powers-regulations-2025",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 124(6A) of the Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40), and section 337(3) of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (c.13) for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.\nCOMPETITION\nMade ***\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)\nThe Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 124(2) and (3) of, and paragraph 15 of Schedule 6B to, the Enterprise Act 2002 and section 336 of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024.\nIn accordance with section 124(6A) of the Enterprise Act 2002 and section 337(3) of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, a draft of these Regulations was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2002 c. 40. Section 124(3) of the Enterprise Act 2002 was amended by paragraph 4(9)(a)(ii) of Schedule 7 to the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, c. 13. There are other amendments but none are relevant. Paragraph 15 of Schedule 6B was inserted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 to the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (c. 13)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 124(6A) was inserted by paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 to the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024."
    }
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  "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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