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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-companies-act-2006-consequential-amendments-transitional-provisions-and-savings-order-2009/schedule-1/paragraph-77",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2009/9780111481035",
  "legislation_title": "The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009",
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  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/77",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "77",
  "heading": "Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45)",
  "text": "(1) In Part 7 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (interpretation for First Group of Parts), section 251 (expressions used generally) is amended as follows.\n(2) At the appropriate places insert—\n““agent” does not include a person’s counsel acting as such;”\n““books and papers” and “books or papers” includes accounts, deeds, writing and documents;”\n““the court”, in relation to a company, means a court having jurisdiction to wind up the company;”\n““document” includes summons, notice, order and other legal process, and registers;”\n““the Gazette” means—\n(a) as respects companies registered in England and Wales, the London Gazette;\n(b) as respects companies registered in Scotland, the Edinburgh Gazette;”\n““officer”, in relation to a body corporate, includes a director, manager or secretary;”.\n(3) Omit the definition of “office copy”.\n(4) Omit the words from “Any expression” to the end.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2009/9780111481035/schedule/1/paragraph/77",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:57:01.479631+00:00"
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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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