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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-companies-act-2006-amendment-of-part-17-regulations-2015/regulation-1",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2015/9780111127353",
  "legislation_title": "The Companies Act 2006 (Amendment of Part 17) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-companies-act-2006-amendment-of-part-17-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and definitions",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Companies Act 2006 (Amendment of Part 17) Regulations 2015.\n(2) In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Companies Act 2006;\n“associate” has the meaning given by section 988 of the Act, reading references in that section to an offeror as references to the person acquiring the shares in the company;\n“the Panel” has the meaning given by section 942 of the Act;\n“rules” has the meaning given by section 943(9) of the Act; and\n“scheme” means a compromise or arrangement sanctioned by the court under Part 26 of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111127353/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:10:35.108508+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."
}