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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-shareholders-rights-regulations-2009/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1632",
  "legislation_title": "The Companies (Shareholders’ Rights) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-shareholders-rights-regulations-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Companies\nMade 2nd July 2009\nLaid before Parliament 3rd July 2009\nComing into force 3rd August 2009\nThe Secretary of State is 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 and other forms of business organisation.\nIn exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of that Act, the Secretary of State makes the following Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c.68."
    },
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2007/193."
    }
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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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