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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-water-and-sewerage-services-northern-ireland-order-2006/article-269",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2006/0110800494",
  "legislation_title": "The Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-water-and-sewerage-services-northern-ireland-order-2006",
  "path": "article/269",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "269",
  "heading": "The successor company",
  "text": "(1) The Department may by order nominate as the successor company for the purposes of this Part a company which—\n(a) is a company limited by shares, within the meaning of the Companies Order; and\n(b) is wholly owned by the Crown;\nand references in this Part to “the successor company” are references to the company so nominated.\n(2) The successor company shall not—\n(a) be regarded as the servant or agent of the Crown;\n(b) have any status, immunity or privilege of the Crown,\nand its property shall not be regarded as property of, or held on behalf of, the Crown.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2006/0110800494/article/269",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:19:59.133718+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."
}