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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2199",
  "legislation_title": "The EC Competition Law (Articles 88 and 89) Enforcement Regulations 1996",
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  "path": "regulation/9",
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  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Time limit for report on a reference",
  "text": "(1) Every reference under regulation 4, 5 or 20 shall specify a period (not being longer than six months beginning with the date of the reference) within which a report on the reference is to be made.\n(2) The Secretary of State may give directions to the MMC allowing such further period for the purpose of reporting on a reference under these Regulations as may be specified in the directions, or, if the period has already been extended once or more than once by directions under this paragraph, allowing to the MMC such further extended period for that purpose as may be so specified.",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
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      "affecting": "uksi/1999/506",
      "affecting_title": "The Competition Act 1998 (Competition Commission) Transitional, Consequential and Supplemental Provisions Order 1999"
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      "affecting_title": "The Competition Act 1998 (Competition Commission) Transitional, Consequential and Supplemental Provisions Order 1999"
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      "affecting": "uksi/1999/506",
      "affecting_title": "The Competition Act 1998 (Competition Commission) Transitional, Consequential and Supplemental Provisions Order 1999"
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  "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."
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