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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-and-regulatory-reform-act-2013/schedule-14/paragraph-26",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2013/24",
  "legislation_title": "Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013",
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  "path": "schedule/14/paragraph/26",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In article 45 (financial penalties), for paragraph (3) substitute—\n“(3) Before imposing a penalty under paragraph (1) or (2) the Authority shall consider whether it would be more appropriate to proceed under the Competition Act 1998.\n(3A) The Authority shall not impose a penalty under paragraph (1) or (2) if it considers that it would be more appropriate to proceed under the Competition Act 1998.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 14 para. 26 in force at 1.4.2014 by S.I. 2014/416, art. 2(1)(e) (with Sch.)"
    }
  ],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:08:12.713580+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}