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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-act-2016/section-13",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2016/12",
  "legislation_title": "Enterprise Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-act-2016",
  "path": "section/13",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Definitions used in Part 1",
  "text": "In this Part—\n“adjudication” includes arbitration;\n“the Commissioner” means the Small Business Commissioner;\n“the complainant” has the same meaning as in section 4;\n“legal proceedings” means civil or criminal proceedings in or before a court or tribunal;\n“public authority” means—\na public authority within the meaning of section 3(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, ...\na Scottish public authority within the meaning of section 3(1) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 , or\nthe Advanced Research and Invention Agency.\n“SBC complaints scheme” has the meaning given by section 4(1);\n“small business” has the meaning given by section 2;\n“the respondent” has the same meaning as in section 4.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in s. 13 omitted (25.1.2023) by virtue of Advanced Research and Invention Agency Act 2022 (c. 4), s. 13(1), Sch. 3 para. 12(a); S.I. 2023/58, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 13 inserted (25.1.2023) by Advanced Research and Invention Agency Act 2022 (c. 4), s. 13(1), Sch. 3 para. 12(b); S.I. 2023/58, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 13 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see s. 44(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 13 in force at 1.10.2017 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2017/473, reg. 3(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/12/section/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:01:03.248586+00:00",
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    "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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}