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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-companies-act-2006-part-35-consequential-amendments-transitional-provisions-and-savings-order-2009/article-5",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2009/9780111479513",
  "legislation_title": "The Companies Act 2006 (Part 35) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-companies-act-2006-part-35-consequential-amendments-transitional-provisions-and-savings-order-2009",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Amendments of the Companies Act 2006",
  "text": "In section 1067 (registered numbers of branches of overseas company)—\n(a) in the heading for “branches” substitute “UK establishments”;\n(b) in subsection (1)—\n(i) for “branch” substitute “UK establishment”;\n(ii) for “the branch’s registered number” substitute “the UK establishment’s registered number”;\n(c) in subsection (2) for “Branches’ registered numbers” substitute “The registered numbers of UK establishments of overseas companies”;\n(d) in subsection (4) for “a branch’s registered number” substitute “the registered number of a UK establishment”;\n(e) in subsection (5) for “the branch’s registered number” substitute “the UK establishment’s registered number”;\n(f) after that subsection add—\n“(6) In this Part “establishment”, in relation to an overseas company, means—\n(a) a branch within the meaning of the Eleventh Company Law Directive (89/666/EEC), or\n(b) a place of business that is not such a branch,\nand “UK establishment” means an establishment in the United Kingdom.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 36."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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