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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-welsh-language-forms-and-documents-regulations-1994/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/117",
  "legislation_title": "The Companies (Welsh Language Forms and Documents) Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-welsh-language-forms-and-documents-regulations-1994",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "COMPANIES\nMade 25th January 1994\nComing into force 1st February 1994\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 287(3), 288(2), 363(2), 710B(3) and (8) and 744 of the Companies Act 1985, as extended by section 26(3) of the Welsh Language Act 1993, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Seethe definition of “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1985 c. 6. Sections 287 and 363 of the Companies Act 1985 are substituted by sections 136 and 139 of the Companies Act 1989 (1989 c. 40). Section 288 is amended by section 143(6) of the Companies Act 1989. Section 710B is inserted into the Companies Act 1985 by the Welsh Language Act 1993."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1993 c. 38."
    }
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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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