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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1909",
  "legislation_title": "The Insolvent Companies (Reports on Conduct of Directors) Rules 1996",
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  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Rules may be cited as the Insolvent Companies (Reports on Conduct of Directors) Rules 1996.\n(2) These Rules shall come into force on 30th September 1996.\n(3) In these Rules—\n“the Act” means the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986;\n“the former Rules” means the Insolvent Companies (Reports on Conduct of Directors) No. 2 Rules 1986; and\n“the commencement date” means 30th September 1996.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/2134."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "applied (with modifications)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/1090",
      "affecting_title": "Limited Liability Partnerships Regulations 2001"
    },
    {
      "type": "applied (with modifications)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2009/317",
      "affecting_title": "The Banking Act 2009 (Parts 2 and 3 Consequential Amendments) Order 2009"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1909/article/1",
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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."
}