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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-bodies-concerned-with-auditing-standards-etc-exemption-from-liability-regulations-2016/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/571",
  "legislation_title": "The Companies (Bodies Concerned with Auditing Standards etc.) (Exemption from Liability) Regulations 2016",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Companies\nMade 10th May 2016\nLaid before Parliament 10th May 2016\nComing into force 1st June 2016\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 18A(1) and (3) of the Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004 , makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "label": "M1",
      "text": "2004 c. 27. Section 18A was inserted by section 38 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26); see section 18A(5) for the definition of “specified”."
    }
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  "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."
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