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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-water-services-etc-scotland-act-2005-consequential-provisions-and-modifications-order-2005/schedule/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2005/0110697529",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2005",
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  "path": "schedule/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In the Competition Act 1998–\n(a) in paragraph 19A(9) of Schedule 7 (performance of the Commission’s general functions: procedure), in the definition of “special reference group”–\n(i) the “or” at the end of paragraph (n) is omitted; and\n(ii) after paragraph (o) there is added–\n“; or\n(p) article 3 of the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2005.”; and\n(b) in paragraph 1 of Schedule 7A (the Competition Commission: procedural rules for mergers and market references etc.), in the definition of “special investigation”, for “, (n) and (o)” substitute “and (n) to (p)”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Paragraph 19A was inserted by the Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40), section 187(3) and amended by the 2003 Act, section 406 and Schedule 17, paragraph 153."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Schedule 7A was inserted by the Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40), section 187(4) and Schedule 12 and amended by the 2003 Act, section 406 and Schedule 17, paragraph 154."
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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