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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-northern-ireland-order-1986-revoked/article-648",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1986/1032",
  "legislation_title": "The Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (revoked)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-northern-ireland-order-1986-revoked",
  "path": "article/648",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "648",
  "heading": "Interpretation . . .",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of this Chapter—\n“certified” means certified in the prescribed manner to be a true copy or a correct translation;\n“director”, in relation to a Part XXIII company, includes a shadow director; and\n“secretary” includes any person occupying the position of secretary by whatever name called.\n(2) For the purposes of this Part (except Article 648A and Schedule 20C):\n(a) where a branch comprises places of business in more than one part of the United Kingdom the branch shall be treated as being situated in that part of the United Kingdom where its principal place of business is situated; and\n(b) “branch” means a branch within the meaning of the Council Directive concerning disclosure requirements in respect of branches opened in a Member State by certain types of company governed by the law of another State (the Eleventh Company Law Directive, 89/666/EEC).",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "SR 1993/198"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1986/1032/article/648",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:48:35.100869+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."
}