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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-licensing-of-operators-act-northern-ireland-2010/section-52",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-licensing-of-operators-act-northern-ireland-2010/section-52.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2010/2",
  "legislation_title": "Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-licensing-of-operators-act-northern-ireland-2010",
  "path": "section/52",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "52",
  "heading": "Application of Act to holding companies and subsidiaries",
  "text": "(1) Regulations may make provision for the purpose of enabling any company or other body corporate which has one or more subsidiaries to hold an operator's licence under which the vehicles authorised to be used consist of or include vehicles belonging to or in the possession of any of its subsidiaries.\n(2) Regulations under this section may modify or supplement any of the provisions of this Act, so far as appears to the Department to be necessary or expedient for or in connection with the purpose mentioned in subsection (1).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 52 in operation at 22.6.2012 for specified purposes by S.R. 2012/247, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 52 in operation at 1.7.2012 in so far as not already in operation by S.R. 2012/262, art. 2 (with arts. 4-6)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2010/2/section/52",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:21:12.074964+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."
}