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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/groceries-code-adjudicator-act-2013/section-4",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2013/19",
  "legislation_title": "Groceries Code Adjudicator Act 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/groceries-code-adjudicator-act-2013",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Investigations",
  "text": "(1) The Adjudicator may investigate whether a large retailer has broken the Groceries Code if the Adjudicator has reasonable grounds to suspect that—\n(a) the retailer has broken the Code; or\n(b) the retailer has failed to follow a recommendation made under section 7.\n(2) For powers to require a person to provide information, see Schedule 2.\n(3) The Adjudicator may not carry out an investigation until the guidance required by section 12(1) has been published.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 4 in force at 25.6.2013 by S.I. 2013/1236, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/19/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:08:19.943932+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."
}