{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/supply-of-razors-and-razor-blades-interim-provision-order-1991/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/supply-of-razors-and-razor-blades-interim-provision-order-1991/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/785",
  "legislation_title": "The Supply of Razors and Razor Blades (Interim Provision) Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/supply-of-razors-and-razor-blades-interim-provision-order-1991",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MONOPOLIES AND MERGERS\nMade 21st March 1991\nLaid before Parliament 21st March 1991\nComing into force 21st March 1991\nWhereas the Secretary of State, in the circumstances specified insubsection (1) ofsection 56 of the Fair Trading Act 1973 has under consideration the making of an Order underthat section exercising powers specified in Schedule 8 to that Act forthe purpose of remedying or preventing the adverse effects specified ina report of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission entitled“Razors and razor blades–a report on the supply in the UnitedKingdom of razors and razor blades for wet shaving use”;\nAnd whereas, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, the doing ofthe things specified in Articles 2 and 3 of this Order might impede theoperation of the Order which he has under consideration as aforesaid:\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powersconferred on him by sections 89(2) and (3)(a) and 90(3) of the said Act and with a view to achieving the purpose for which thepowers specified in paragraph 1 of Schedule 8 to the said Act areproposed to be exercised by the Order which he has under considerationas aforesaid, 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. 1472."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 89(2) was amended by the Companies Act 1989(c.40), section 153 and Schedule 20, paragraph 15(2)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/785/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."
}