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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-1985/schedule-13/paragraph-6",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/6",
  "legislation_title": "Companies Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-1985",
  "path": "schedule/13/paragraph/6",
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  "number": "6",
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  "text": "(1) A person is taken to have an interest in shares or debentures if, otherwise than by virtue of having an interest under a trust—\n(a) he has a right to call for delivery of the shares or debentures to himself or to his order, or\n(b) he has a right to acquire an interest in shares or debentures or is under an obligation to take an interest in shares or debentures;\nwhether in any case the right or obligation is conditional or absolute.\n(2) Rights or obligations to subscribe for shares or debentures are not to be taken, for purposes of sub-paragraph (1), to be rights to acquire, or obligations to take, an interest in shares or debentures.\nThis is without prejudice to paragraph 1.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/6/schedule/13/paragraph/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:00:40.159612+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."
}