{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/restriction-on-conduct-specialist-advertising-services-order-1988/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1017",
  "legislation_title": "The Restriction on Conduct (Specialist Advertising Services) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/restriction-on-conduct-specialist-advertising-services-order-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MONOPOLIES AND MERGERS\nMade 9th June 1988\nLaid before Parliament 15th June 1988\nComing into force 6th July 1988\nWhereas the Secretary of State, in accordance with section 91(2) of the Fair Trading Act 1973, published on 29 January 1988 a notice stating his intention to make this Order, indicating the nature of the provisions to be embodied in it and stating that any person whose interests were likely to be affected by it and who was desirous of making representations in respect of it should do so in writing before 7th March 1988;\nAnd whereas the Secretary of State has considered the representations duly made to him in accordance with that notice;\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State, being the appropriate Minister within the meaning of section 56 of the said Act, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 56(2) and 90(2) of, and paragraphs 4, 6 and 7 of Schedule 8 to, the said Act and for the purpose of remedying or preventing adverse effects specified in a report of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission entitled “A report on the matter of the existence or possible existence of a monopoly situation in relation to the supply in the United Kingdom of the services of accepting advertisements for publication in specialised magazines intended for campers, climbers and walkers”, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1973 c. 41."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Cm 280."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1017/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."
}