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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-companies-act-2006-amendment-of-part-18-regulations-2013/regulation-5",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2013/9780111537145",
  "legislation_title": "The Companies Act 2006 (Amendment of Part 18) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-companies-act-2006-amendment-of-part-18-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Authority for off-market purchase",
  "text": "In each of the following provisions of the Act, omit the word “special”—\n(a) subsections (2)(a) and (b) and (4) of section 694 (shareholder authorisation required for contract for off-market purchase of company’s own shares),\n(b) subsections (2) and (3) of section 697 (shareholder authorisation required for variation of contract for off-market purchase of company’s own shares), and\n(c) subsections (2) and (3) of section 700 (shareholder authorisation required for release of company’s rights under contract for off-market purchase of company’s own shares).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2013/9780111537145/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:50:06.970285+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."
}