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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/debt-relief-orders-designation-of-competent-authorities-regulations-2009/regulation-6",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/457",
  "legislation_title": "The Debt Relief Orders (Designation of Competent Authorities) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/debt-relief-orders-designation-of-competent-authorities-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Extent of designation",
  "text": "The Secretary of State shall designate a competent authority by sending to the applicant body a letter of designation which shall contain—\n(a) a statement that the applicant body as competent authority is designated to approve persons of any description (“unlimited designation”), or\n(b) a statement that the applicant body as competent authority is designated to approve persons only of a particular description (“limited designation”) and the description of person to which the designation is limited.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 6 in force at 6.4.2009, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/457/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:16:50.236224+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."
}