{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-act-2002-anticipated-mergers-order-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1595",
  "legislation_title": "The Enterprise Act 2002 (Anticipated Mergers) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-act-2002-anticipated-mergers-order-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "COMPETITION\nMade 17th June 2003\nComing into force 20th June 2003\nWhereas the Secretary of State laid a draft of this Order before Parliament;\nAnd whereas the said draft as so laid has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament;\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by sections 34 and 124(2) and 124(3) of the Enterprise Act 2002 hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "2002 c. 40."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Order modified (E.W.) (29.12.2004) by The Water Mergers (Modification of Enactments) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/3202), regs. 1(1), 10(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Order applied (with modifications) (24.5.2024) by 2002 c. 40, Sch. 6A para. 2 (as inserted by Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (c. 13), s. 339(2)(a), Sch. 7 para. 3 (with s. 130(2)(3)))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1595/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:21:31.666347+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."
}