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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-act-2002-disclosure-of-information-for-civil-proceedings-etc-order-2007/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/2193",
  "legislation_title": "The Enterprise Act 2002 (Disclosure of Information for Civil Proceedings etc.) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-act-2002-disclosure-of-information-for-civil-proceedings-etc-order-2007",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Prescribed proceedings",
  "text": "(1) The following civil proceedings are prescribed for the purposes of section 241A(1)—\n(a) proceedings relating to or arising out of a legal right or obligation of a consumer;\n(b) proceedings relating to or arising out of the infringement of an intellectual property right;\n(c) proceedings relating to or arising out of passing off or the misuse of a trade secret.\n(2) In paragraph (1)(a) a “consumer” is an individual who—\n(a) is acting outside his trade, business or profession; or\n(b) is acting with a view to carrying on a business but not in the course of a business carried on by him.\n(3) In paragraph (1)(b) an “intellectual property right” includes a patent, copyright, and analogous or related right, database right, registered or unregistered design right, registered trade mark, topography right, supplementary protection certificate, plant variety right, protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/2193/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:46:53.927032+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."
}