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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006-amendment-of-part-21a-regulations-2016/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/136",
  "legislation_title": "The Companies Act 2006 (Amendment of Part 21A) Regulations 2016",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Companies\nMade 8th February 2016\nLaid before Parliament 8th February 2016\nComing into force 5th April 2016\nThe Secretary of State, being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the creation, operation, regulation or dissolution of companies, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of that Act.",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2007/193."
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7). The enabling powers of section 2(2) were extended by virtue of the amendment of section 1(2) by section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c. 51)."
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  "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."
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