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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electrical-contracting-london-exhibition-halls-order-1995/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/3299",
  "legislation_title": "The Electrical Contracting (London Exhibition Halls) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electrical-contracting-london-exhibition-halls-order-1995",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MONOPOLIES AND MERGERS\nMade 18th December 1995\nLaid before Parliament 21st December 1995\nComing into force\nfor the purposes of articles 2(2)(a), 3(2)(a), and 5(2)(a) 1st February 1996\nfor all other purposes 1st September 1996\nWhereas the Secretary of State, in accordance with section 91(2) of the Fair Trading Act 1973, published a notice on 22 August 1994 stating his intention to make this Order, indicating the nature of the provisions to be contained in it and stating that any person whose interests were likely to be affected by the proposed order and who wanted to make representations about it should do so in writing before 14 October 1994;\nAnd whereas the Secretary of State has considered the representations made to him in accordance with that notice;\nNow therefore the Secretary of State, being the appropriate Minister within the meaning of section 56 of the said Act, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 56(2) and 90(2) and (4) of, and paragraphs 1, 2, 5 and 9 of Schedule 8 to the said Act, and for the purpose of remedying or preventing adverse effects specified in a report of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission entitled “Electrical Contracting at Exhibition Halls in London: A report on the supply in Greater London of electrical contracting services at large exhibition halls”, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1973 c. 41."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Cm. 995."
    }
  ],
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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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