{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fair-trading-act-1973/section-140",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fair-trading-act-1973/section-140.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1973/41",
  "legislation_title": "Fair Trading Act 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fair-trading-act-1973",
  "path": "section/140",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "140",
  "heading": "†Short title, citation, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Fair Trading Act 1973.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) Where any provision of this Act, other than a provision contained in Schedule 11, refers to the commencement of this Act, it shall be construed as referring to the day appointed under this section for the coming into operation of that provision.\n(5) This Act extends to Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 140(2) repealed by Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 (c. 34), Sch. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 140(3) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 16 Group 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Unreliable marginal note."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Power of appointment conferred by s. 140(3) fully exercised."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/41/section/140",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:47:02.300806+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."
}