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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deregulation-act-2015-and-small-business-enterprise-and-employment-act-2015-consequential-amendments-savings-regulations-2017/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2017/540",
  "legislation_title": "The Deregulation Act 2015 and Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments) (Savings) Regulations 2017",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Insolvency\nMade 4th April 2017\nComing into force 6th April 2017\nThe Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 112(1) and (2) of the Deregulation Act 2015 and section 159(1) and (2) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015.\nIn accordance with section 112(3) of the Deregulation Act 2015 and section 159(3) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015, a draft of these Regulations was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2015 c.20."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2015 c.26."
    }
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/540/introduction",
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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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