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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fair-trading-act-1973/schedule-3/paragraph-22",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1973/41",
  "legislation_title": "Fair Trading Act 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fair-trading-act-1973",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/22",
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  "number": "22",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "For the purposes of a newspaper merger reference the Secretary of State may appoint one, two, or threeadditional members of the Commission, from a panel maintained by the Secretary of State for the purpose of making such appointments; and if any functions of the Commission in relation to that reference are performed through a group, any additional members appointed under this paragraph for the purposes of the reference shall be members of the group in addition to the members selected by the chairman.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by S.I. 1982/1889, art. 2(b)"
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:47:02.300806+00:00"
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  "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."
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