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  "legislation_title": "Financial Services and Markets Act 2000",
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  "path": "section/263",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "263",
  "heading": "Amendment of section 716 Companies Act 1985.",
  "text": "In section 716(1) of the Companies Act 1985 (prohibition on formation of companies with more than 20 members unless registered under the Act etc.), after “this Act,” insert “ is incorporated by virtue of regulations made under section 262 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 ”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1985 c. 6."
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  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2006/46",
      "affecting_title": "Companies Act 2006"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/8/section/263",
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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."
}