{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gangmasters-licensing-conditions-rules-2006/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gangmasters-licensing-conditions-rules-2006/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/660",
  "legislation_title": "The Gangmasters (Licensing Conditions) Rules 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gangmasters-licensing-conditions-rules-2006",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Definition of the principal authority",
  "text": "(1) For the purpose of these Rules the “principal authority” means the person with control of a business.\n(2) In the case of a limited company, a person is taken as having control if—\n(a) he is a director of that company (or of another company) who has control of it; or\n(b) the directors of that company (or another company which has control of it) are accustomed to act in accordance with his directions or instructions.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/660/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:34:41.013702+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."
}