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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eec-merger-controlconsequential-provisions-regulations-1990/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/1563",
  "legislation_title": "The EEC Merger Control(Consequential Provisions) Regulations 1990",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "A merger reference may be made under section 64 of the Fair Trading Act 1973 in a case in which the relevant enterprises ceased to be distinct enterprises at a time and in circumstances not falling within subsection (4) of that section if by reason of the Merger Control Regulation or anything done under or in accordance with it the reference could not have been made earlier than six months before the date on which it is to be made.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/1398",
      "affecting_title": "The Enterprise Act 2002 (Consequential and Supplemental Provisions) Order 2003"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/1563/regulation/3",
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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."
}