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Counter-Inflation Act 1973

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 73 Cited in Amendments 36 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1973 c. 9
(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (8) Nothing contained in or having effect under this Act F20or the Price Commission Act 1977, and nothing made illegal by this section, shall give rise to any criminal or tortious liability for conspiracy, or to any other liability in tort . . . (9) Proceedings for an offence under this Act shall not be instituted in England or Wales except by or with the consent of the Attorney General, or in Northern Ireland except by or with the consent of the Attorney General for Northern Ireland F22and in any such proceedings it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of the offence.(10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . proceedings for the offence shall be brought in the name of that body (and not in that of any of its members) ,for the purpose of any such proceedings any rules of court relating to the service of documents shall have effect as if that body were a corporation, andany fine imposed on conviction shall be enforceable, by way of execution, diligence or otherwise, against the funds of that body.(5) Where an offence mentioned in subsection (4) above is an offence punishable on conviction on indictment, section 33 of the (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1) The provisions of this section shall have effect for the application of this Act to Scotland.Where an offence mentioned in section 18(4) of this Act is an offence punishable on conviction on indictment F26section 74 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (proceedings on indictment against bodies corporate) shall have effect as if the said body were a body corporate.Section 17(8) of this Act shall not apply

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