{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-markets-and-insolvency-regulations-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1469",
  "legislation_title": "The Financial Markets and Insolvency Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-markets-and-insolvency-regulations-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FINANCIAL SERVICES\nMade 5th June 1996\nLaid before Parliament 6th June 1996\nComing into force 15th July 1996\nThe Treasury and the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 185 and 186 of the Companies Act 1989 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1989 c. 40. The powers originally vested in the Secretary of State by sections 185 and 186 of the Companies Act 1989 are now exercisable by him jointly with the Treasury by virtue of the Transfer of Functions (Financial Services) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/1315)."
    }
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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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