{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/supply-of-razors-and-razor-blades-interim-provision-order-1991/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/supply-of-razors-and-razor-blades-interim-provision-order-1991/note.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": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order prohibits Gillette UK Limited and LustrasilkInternational UK Limited from doing things which might impede theoperation of an Order which the Secretary of State has underconsideration for remedying or preventing the adverse effectsspecifiedin the Monopolies and Mergers Commission report on Razors andRazor Blades(Cm. 1472, obtainable from Her Majesty’s Stationery Office).\nGillette UK Limited is prohibited from disposing, or agreeing todispose, of any equity interest which it has in Swedish Match NV or anyagreement relating to the equity of Swedish Match.\nLustrasilk International UK Limited is prohibited from disposing, oragreeing to dispose, of any interest which has in the indebtedness ofSwedish Match, and from forgiving or accepting repayment of any debtowed to it by Swedish Match.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/785/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:47:09.565321+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."
}