{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-trading-interests-act-1980/section-4",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/11",
  "legislation_title": "Protection of Trading Interests Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-trading-interests-act-1980",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Restriction of Evidence (Proceedings in Other Jurisdictions) Act 1975.",
  "text": "A court in the United Kingdom shall not make an order under section 2 of the Evidence (Proceedings in Other Jurisdictions) Act 1975 for giving effect to a request issued by or on behalf of a court or tribunal of an overseas country if it is shown that the request infringes the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom or is otherwise prejudical to the sovereignty of the United Kingdom; and a certificate signed by or on behalf of the Secretary of State to the effect that it infringes that jurisdiction or is so prejudicial shall be conclusive evidence of that fact.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1975 c. 34."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/11/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:16:48.617963+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."
}