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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-business-contract-terms-assignment-of-receivables-regulations-2017/note",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2017/9780111160305",
  "legislation_title": "The Business Contract Terms (Assignment of Receivables) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-business-contract-terms-assignment-of-receivables-regulations-2017",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations deal with contractual terms which prohibit or restrict the assignment of receivables. A receivable is a right to be paid under a contract, but various types of contract are excluded from the scope of the Regulations. The Regulations provide that terms prohibiting the assignment of a receivable or preventing the assignee from determining the validity or value of a receivable or hindering their ability to enforce a receivable have no effect.\nA full regulatory impact assessment of the effect of these Regulations on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET or from www.gov.uk/beis .",
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  "version": "current",
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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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