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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-small-and-medium-sized-business-credit-information-regulations-2015/regulation-9",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2015/9780111138861",
  "legislation_title": "The Small and Medium Sized Business (Credit Information) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-small-and-medium-sized-business-credit-information-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Power to designate banks and credit reference agencies and to revoke designations",
  "text": "(1) The Treasury may designate a bank or a credit reference agency for the purposes of these Regulations, and may revoke such designation.\n(2) A designation, or the revocation of a designation—\n(a) takes effect on the date specified by the Treasury, or\n(b) if no such date is specified, takes effect immediately.\n(3) The Treasury may exercise the power in paragraph (1) on its own initiative or at the request of another person.\n(4) Paragraph (1) is subject to the requirements set out in this Part.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111138861/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:09:20.633733+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."
}