{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merger-reference-medicopharma-nv-and-aah-holdings-plc-order-1991/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/2648",
  "legislation_title": "The Merger Reference (Medicopharma NV and AAH Holdings plc) Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merger-reference-medicopharma-nv-and-aah-holdings-plc-order-1991",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Merger Reference (Medicopharma NV and AAH Holdings plc) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 23rd November 1991.\n(2) In this Order, “subsidiary” has the same meaning as in section 736 of the Companies Act 1985.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1985 c. 6, as substituted by section 144(1) of the Companies Act 1989 (c. 40)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2648/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."
}