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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-community-interest-company-amendment-regulations-2009/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2009/9780111481004",
  "legislation_title": "The Community Interest Company (Amendment) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-community-interest-company-amendment-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation of the Principal Regulations",
  "text": "(1) Regulation 2 of the Principal Regulations is amended as follows.\n(2) At the appropriate place insert—\n““the 1965 Act” means the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965;”;\n““the 1969 Northern Ireland Act” means the Industrial and Provident Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1969;”;\n““the Authority” means the Financial Services Authority;”;\n““permitted industrial and provident society” means an industrial and provident society which has a restriction on the use of its assets in accordance with regulation 4 of the Community Benefit Societies (Restriction on Use of Assets) Regulations 2006 or regulation 4 of the Community Benefit Societies (Restriction on Use of Assets) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006;”.\n(3) Omit the definitions of “the 1985 Act” and “the 1986 Order”.\n(4) In sub-paragraph (a) of the definition of “asset-locked body” for “or a charity” substitute “a charity or a permitted industrial and provident society”.\n(5) For the definition of “governmental authority” substitute—\n““governmental authority” includes—\n(a) any national, regional or local government in the United Kingdom or elsewhere;\n(b) the European Community;\n(c) any inter-governmental organisation; and\n(d) any organisation which is able to make rules or adopt decisions which are legally binding on any governmental authority falling within sub‑paragraph (a), (b) or (c);\nor any of their organs, institutions or agencies;.”.\n(6) For the definition of “public authority” substitute—\n““public authority” includes—\n(a) a court or tribunal; and\n(b) any person certain of whose functions are functions of a public nature,\nwhether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere;.”.\n(7) In the definition of “subsidiary” for “given to it in section 736 of the 1985 Act or Article 4 of the 1986 Order” substitute “given to it by section 1159 of the 2006 Act”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1965 c.12."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1969 c.24 (N.I.)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 2006/264."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.R. (NI) 2006 No 258."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "The definition of “the 1986 Order” was inserted by S.I. 2007/1093, Schedule 4, paragraph 27."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "The definition of “asset-locked body” was amended by S.I. 2007/1093, Schedule 4, paragraph 27."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "The definition of “governmental authority” was amended by S.I. 2007/1093, Schedule 4, paragraph 27."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "The definition of “subsidiary” was amended by S.I. 2007/1093, Schedule 4, paragraph 27."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2009/9780111481004/regulation/3",
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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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