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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merger-situation-storaswedish-matchgillette-interim-provision-revocation-order-1993/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/1703",
  "legislation_title": "The Merger Situation (Stora/Swedish Match/Gillette) (Interim Provision) (Revocation) Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merger-situation-storaswedish-matchgillette-interim-provision-revocation-order-1993",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MONOPOLIES AND MERGERS\nMade 8th July 1993\nLaid before Parliament 8th July 1993\nComing into force 8th July 1993\nThe Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 89(2) and (3)(a) and section 134(2) of the Fair Trading Act 1973, hereby makes the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1973 c41."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "section 89(2) was amended by the Companies Act 1989 (c. 40) section 153 and Schedule 20, paragraph 15(2)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1703/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."
}