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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-companies-act-2006-consequential-amendments-etc-order-2008/schedule-1/paragraph-20",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2008/9780110810683",
  "legislation_title": "The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments etc) Order 2008",
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  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/20",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Housing Act 1996 (c.52)",
  "text": "In Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 1996 (registered social landlords), for paragraph 18(4B)substitute—\n“(4B) In sub-paragraphs (4) and (4A) “qualified auditor” means a person who—\n(a) is eligible for appointment as a statutory auditor under Part 42 of the Companies Act 2006, and\n(b) if the appointment were an appointment as a statutory auditor, would not be prohibited from acting by virtue of section 1214 of that Act (independence requirement).”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Paragraph 18(4B) was inserted by the Housing Act 2004 (c.34), Schedule 11, paragraphs 7 and 20."
    }
  ],
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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."
}