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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-overseas-companies-regulations-2009/schedule-1",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2009/9780111479476",
  "legislation_title": "The Overseas Companies Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-overseas-companies-regulations-2009",
  "path": "schedule/1",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "SPECIFIED PUBLIC AUTHORITIES",
  "text": "The Secretary of State;\nany Northern Ireland Department;\nthe Scottish Ministers;\nthe Welsh Ministers;\nthe Treasury;\nthe Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs;\nthe Bank of England;\nthe Director of Public Prosecutions;\nthe Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland;\nthe Serious Fraud Office;\nthe Secret Intelligence Service;\nthe Security Service;\nthe Government Communications Headquarters;\nthe Financial Services Authority;\nthe Competition Commission;\nthe Pensions Regulator;\nthe Panel on Takeovers and Mergers;\nthe Regulator of Community Interest Companies;\nthe Registrar of Credit Unions for Northern Ireland;\nthe Office of Fair Trading;\nthe Office of the Information Commissioner;\nthe Charity Commission;\nthe Charity Commission for Northern Ireland;\nthe Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator;\nthe Postal Services Commission;\nthe Gas and Electricity Markets Authority;\nthe Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation;\nthe Gambling Commission;\nthe Serious Organised Crime Agency;\nthe Health and Safety Executive;\nthe Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland;\nthe Food Standards Agency;\nthe Gangmasters Licensing Authority;\nthe Security Industry Authority;\na local authority within the meaning of section 54(2) of the Companies Act 2006;\nan official receiver appointed under section 399 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (appointment, etc, of official receivers);\nthe Official Receiver for Northern Ireland;\nthe Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Services;\na person acting as an insolvency practitioner within the meaning of section 388 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (meaning of “act as an insolvency practitioner”) or Article 3 of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (“act as an insolvency practitioner”);\nan inspector appointed under Part 14 of the Companies Act 1985 (investigation of companies and their affairs: requisition of documents) or Part 15 of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 or a person appointed under regulation 30 of the Open-Ended Investment Companies Regulations 2001 (power to investigate) or regulation 22 of the Open-Ended Investment Companies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004;\nany person authorised to exercise powers under section 447 of the Companies Act 1985 (power to require documents and information), or section 84 of the Companies Act 1989 (exercise of powers by officers, etc) or Article 440 of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order;\nany person exercising functions conferred by Part 6 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (official listing) or the competent authority under that Part;\na person appointed to make a report under section 166 (reports by skilled persons) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;\na person appointed to conduct an investigation under section 167 (appointment of persons to carry out general investigations) or 168(3) or (5) (appointment of persons to carry out investigations in particular cases) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;\nan inspector appointed under section 284 (power to investigate) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;\nan overseas regulatory authority within the meaning of section 82 of the Companies Act 1989 (request for assistance by overseas regulatory authority);\na police force.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1986 c.45. Section 399 was amended by section 269 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (c.40)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 388 was amended by section 4 of the Insolvency Act 2000 (c.39) and by the Insolvency Act (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1240)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I. 9)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1985 c.6."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/1032 (N.I. 6)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "S.I. 2001/1228."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "S.R. (NI) 2004 No 335."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "Section 447 was substituted by section 21 of the Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004 (c.27)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "1989 c.40."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "2000 c.8."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f11",
      "text": "Sections 167 and 168 were amended by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Markets in Financial Instruments) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/176)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f12",
      "text": "Section 82 was amended by section 79 of the Criminal Justice Act 1993 (c.36), the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Consequential Amendments and Repeals) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3649) and the Prospectus Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1433)."
    }
  ],
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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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