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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2004/schedule-9/paragraph-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2004/schedule-9/paragraph-16.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/20",
  "legislation_title": "Energy Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2004",
  "path": "schedule/9/paragraph/16",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This Part of this Schedule applies to a transfer if—\n(a) it is a transfer in accordance with a section 39 scheme of securities of a BNFL company or of property, rights or liabilities of a BNFL company; and\n(b) the transferee is a publicly owned company which is not a subsidiary of the NDA.\n(2) This Part of this Schedule also applies to a transfer if it is a transfer in accordance with a section 39 scheme to a transferee falling within sub-paragraph (3) of—\n(a) property, rights or liabilities of the UKAEA;\n(b) securities of a wholly-owned subsidiary of the UKAEA; or\n(c) property, rights or liabilities of such a subsidiary.\n(3) The transferee falls within this sub-paragraph if it is—\n(a) a publicly owned company which is not a subsidiary of the NDA; or\n(b) the UKAEA.\n(4) In this paragraph “BNFL company” means BNFL or a wholly-owned subsidiary of BNFL.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 16 in force at 5.10.2004 by S.I. 2004/2575, art. 2(1), Sch. 1"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/20/schedule/9/paragraph/16",
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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."
}