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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-enterprise-act-2002-protection-of-legitimate-interests-order-2003/schedule-4/paragraph-15",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2003/0110458214",
  "legislation_title": "The Enterprise Act 2002 (Protection of Legitimate Interests) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-enterprise-act-2002-protection-of-legitimate-interests-order-2003",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/15",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Competition Act 1998 (c. 41)",
  "text": "(1) In Schedule 1 to the Competition Act 1988 (exclusions: mergers and concentrations)—\n(a) the reference in paragraph 5(a) and (b) to section 62 of the Enterprise Act 2002 shall have effect as if it included a reference to article 5 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (Protection of Legitimate Interests) Order 2003; and\n(b) the reference in paragraph 5(b) to a special merger situation shall have effect as if it included a reference to a European relevant merger situation.\n(2) In Schedule 7 to the Competition Act 1998 (the Competition Commission)—\n(a) the reference in paragraph 15(8) to section 64(1) of the Enterprise Act 2002 shall have effect as if it included a reference to article 7(1) of the Enterprise Act 2002 (Protection of Legitimate Interests) Order 2003;\n(b) in paragraph 19A(9) the reference in the definition of “merger reference group” to section 62 of the Enterprise Act 2002 shall have effect as if it included a reference to article 5 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (Protection of Legitimate Interests) Order 2003;\n(c) the reference in paragraph 20(4) to Part 3 of the Enterprise Act 2002 shall have effect as if it included a reference to the Enterprise Act 2002 (Protection of Legitimate Interests) Order 2003;\n(d) the reference in paragraph 20(4)(a) and (b) to—\n(i) section 63 of that Act shall have effect as if it included a reference to article 6 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (Protection of Legitimate Interests) Order 2003; and\n(ii) a special merger situation shall have effect as if it included a reference to a European relevant merger situation; and\n(e) the reference in paragraph 20(4)(a) to special public interest merger references shall have effect as if it included a reference to European public interest merger references.\n(3) In Schedule 7A to the Competition Act 1998 (the Competition Commission: procedural rules for mergers and market references etc) in paragraph 1 the reference in the definition of “merger investigation” to section 62 of the Enterprise Act 2002 shall have effect as if it included a reference to article 5 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (Protection of Legitimate Interests) Order 2003.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2003/0110458214/schedule/4/paragraph/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:25:16.338328+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."
}