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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/restrictive-trade-practices-gas-conveyance-and-storage-order-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/385",
  "legislation_title": "The Restrictive Trade Practices (Gas Conveyance and Storage) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/restrictive-trade-practices-gas-conveyance-and-storage-order-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "RESTRICTIVE TRADE PRACTICES\nMade 22nd February 1996\nLaid before Parliament 23rd February 1996\nComing into force 25th February 1996\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 62 of the Gas Act 1986 and after consultation with the Director General of Fair Trading and the Director General of Gas Supply hereby makes the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1986 c. 44 section 62 was amended by section 11 of the Gas Act 1995 (c. 45) by insertion of subsections (2A) and (2B)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 62(2B) of the Gas Act 1986."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/385/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."
}