{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-861",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-861.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/46",
  "legislation_title": "Companies Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006",
  "path": "section/861",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "861",
  "heading": "Charges which have to be registered: supplementary",
  "text": "(1) The holding of debentures entitling the holder to a charge on land is not, for the purposes of section 860(7)(a), an interest in the land.\n(2) It is immaterial for the purposes of this Chapter where land subject to a charge is situated.\n(3) The deposit by way of security of a negotiable instrument given to secure the payment of book debts is not, for the purposes of section 860(7)(f), a charge on those book debts.\n(4) For the purposes of section 860(7)(i), “intellectual property” means—\n(a) any patent, trade mark, registered design, copyright or design right;\n(b) any licence under or in respect of any such right.\n(5) In this Chapter—\n“charge” includes mortgage, and\n“company” means a company registered in England and Wales or in Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 860-862 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1804), regs. 2, 32 (with Sch. 1 paras. 16. 17, 34, 35)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/section/861",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:40.060156+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."
}