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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-appointment-competition-commission-regulations-1999/regulation-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/3088",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Appointment (Competition Commission) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-appointment-competition-commission-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Procedure on determination references",
  "text": "The provisions mentioned in regulation 8 are to apply in relation to determination references as if—\n(a) the functions of the Commission in relation to those references were functions under the 1973 Act;\n(b) the expression “merger reference” included a determination reference; and\n(c) in section 70 of the 1973 Act—\n(i) references to the Secretary of State were references to the Director; and\n(ii) the reference to three months were a reference to six months.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/1398",
      "affecting_title": "The Enterprise Act 2002 (Consequential and Supplemental Provisions) Order 2003"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3088/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:35:30.140702+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."
}