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				</ukm:Metadata><Primary><Body DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/41/body" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/41/body" NumberOfProvisions="131" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I." RestrictStartDate="2026-01-27"><Part DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/41/part/II" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/41/part/II" NumberOfProvisions="9" id="part-II" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I." RestrictStartDate="2020-12-31"><Number><CommentaryRef Ref="key-311a89697ae30578bade96a826dd7cbb"/>Part II</Number><Title>Inspections under Articles 20, 21 and 22(2)</Title><P1group RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I." RestrictStartDate="2004-05-01"><Title>Privileged communications: Article 22(2) inspections</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/41/section/65A" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/41/section/65A" id="section-65A"><Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="key-311a89697ae30578bade96a826dd7cbb"/>65A</Pnumber><P1para><Text>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</Text></P1para></P1></P1group></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="key-311a89697ae30578bade96a826dd7cbb" Type="F"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c9gzfso24-00053" SectionRef="part-II" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/41/part/II">Pt. II</CitationSubRef> omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/93" id="c9gzfso24-00054" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2019" Number="93" Title="The Competition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019">The Competition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/93)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c9gzfso24-00055" CitationRef="c9gzfso24-00054" SectionRef="regulation-1-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/93/regulation/1/1">regs. 1(1)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c9gzfso24-00056" CitationRef="c9gzfso24-00054" SectionRef="regulation-24" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/93/regulation/24" Operative="true">24</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef id="c9gzfso24-00057" CitationRef="c9gzfso24-00054" StartSectionRef="schedule-4-paragraph-8C" EndSectionRef="schedule-4-paragraph-12" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/93/schedule/4/paragraph/8C" UpTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/93/schedule/4/paragraph/12">Sch. 4 paras. 8C-12</CitationSubRef>) (as amended by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/1343" id="c9gzfso24-00058" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2020" Number="1343">S.I. 2020/1343</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c9gzfso24-00059" CitationRef="c9gzfso24-00058" Type="group" StartSectionRef="regulation-35" EndSectionRef="regulation-59" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/1343/regulation/35">regs. 35-59</CitationSubRef>); <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1" id="c9gzfso24-00060" Year="2020" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="1">2020 c. 1</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c9gzfso24-00061" CitationRef="c9gzfso24-00060" SectionRef="schedule-5-paragraph-1-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1/schedule/5/paragraph/1/1">Sch. 5 para. 1(1)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>