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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-markets-and-insolvency-regulations-1991/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/880",
  "legislation_title": "The Financial Markets and Insolvency Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-markets-and-insolvency-regulations-1991",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FINANCIAL SERVICES\nMade 27th March 1991\nLaid before Parliament 3rd April 1991\nComing into force 25th April 1991\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of his powers under sections 155(4) and (5), 158(4) and (5), 160(5), 173(4) and (5), 174(2) to (4), 185, 186 and 187(3) of the Companies Act 1989 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and having consulted the Treasury and the Bank of England in accordance with sections 173(6) and 174(5) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Regulations applied (with modifications) (21.2.2009) by The Banking Act 2009 (Parts 2 and 3 Consequential Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/317), arts. 1, 3, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Regulations applied (with modifications) (8.2.2011) by The Investment Bank Special Administration Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/245), reg. 1, Sch. 6 Pt. 1 (with reg. 27(a))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Regulations applied (with modifications) (8.7.2021) by The Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/716), reg. 2, Sch. 3 paras. 2, 3 (with reg. 5) (as amended (4.1.2024) by S.I. 2023/1399, regs. 1(2), 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1989 c. 40."
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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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