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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fair-trading-act-amendment-merger-prenotification-regulations-1994/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/1934",
  "legislation_title": "The Fair Trading Act (Amendment) (Merger Prenotification) Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fair-trading-act-amendment-merger-prenotification-regulations-1994",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MONOPOLIES AND MERGERS\nMade 18th July 1994\nComing into force 18th August 1994\nWhereas on 14th June 1994 the Secretary of State laid the draft of this Order before Parliament;\nAnd whereas the said draft has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 75F(1) and (2) of the Fair Trading Act 1973, for the purpose of determining the effect of giving a merger notice and the steps which may be or are to be taken by any person in connection with such a notice, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1973 c. 41; sections 75A to F of that Act were inserted by section 146 of the Companies Act 1989 (c. 40)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/1934/introduction",
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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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