{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-trading-interests-us-antitrust-measures-order-1983/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-trading-interests-us-antitrust-measures-order-1983/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1983/900",
  "legislation_title": "The Protection of Trading Interests (US Antitrust Measures) Order 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-trading-interests-us-antitrust-measures-order-1983",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "This Order applies section 1 of the Protection of Trading Interests Act 1980 to sections 1 and 2 of the United States' Sherman Act and sections 4 and 4A of the United States' Clayton Act in cases where United Kingdom airlines designated under the Bermuda 2 Agreement concerning air services are parties to agreements, or other acts, concerning tariffs or which otherwise relate to the operation of an air service authorised under the Bermuda 2 Agreement.\nWhere section 1 of the 1980 Act is applied the Secretary of State may require persons in the United Kingdom who carry on business there (a) to notify him of any requirements or prohibitions imposed or threatened to be imposed on them pursuant to the measures to which section 1 has been applied; and (b) not to comply with any such requirement or prohibition—(section 1(2) and (3) of the 1980 Act).\nCopies of the relevant sections of the United States' Sherman and Clayton Acts may be inspected on application at the Department of Trade and Industry.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1983/900/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T18:00:54.954184+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."
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