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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-companies-authorised-to-register-regulations-2009/regulation-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-companies-authorised-to-register-regulations-2009/regulation-18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/2437",
  "legislation_title": "The Companies (Companies Authorised to Register) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-companies-authorised-to-register-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "General application of the Companies Acts",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the following regulations, the provisions of the Companies Acts apply to a registered company, and to its members and contributories, in the same manner as if it had been formed and registered under the Companies Act 2006.\n(2) References in this and the following regulations to the Companies Acts—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) do not include Part 2 of the Companies (Audit, Investigation and Community Enterprise) Act 2004 (community interest companies).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 18(2)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Companies, Limited Liability Partnerships and Partnerships (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/348), reg. 2, Sch. 3 para. 27; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "2004 c.27."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/2437/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:05:59.121898+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."
}