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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-act-2002/section-273",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-act-2002/section-273.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/40",
  "legislation_title": "Enterprise Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-act-2002",
  "path": "section/273",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "273",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Act—\n“the 1973 Act” means the Fair Trading Act 1973 (c. 41);\n“the 1998 Act” means the Competition Act 1998 (c. 41);\n“the CMA” means the Competition and Markets Authority;\n“the Director” means the Director General of Fair Trading; and\n...",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 273 substituted (1.4.2014) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), s. 103(3), Sch. 5 para. 217(2) (with s. 28); S.I. 2014/416, art. 2(1)(d) (with Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 273 omitted (1.4.2014) by virtue of Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), s. 103(3), Sch. 5 para. 217(3) (with s. 28); S.I. 2014/416, art. 2(1)(d) (with Sch.)"
    }
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:09:23.548614+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
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    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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}