{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/newcastle-and-gateshead-water-order-1988/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/newcastle-and-gateshead-water-order-1988/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/56",
  "legislation_title": "The Newcastle and Gateshead Water Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/newcastle-and-gateshead-water-order-1988",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Appointment of proxies",
  "text": "Notwithstanding anything in the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act 1845()—\n(a) a proxy appointed to vote for or on behalf of a member of the Company need not himself be a shareholder;\n(b) the attorney of any member duly authorised in writing or, in the case of a corporation, an officer or attorney so authorised, may appoint a proxy to vote for and on behalf of the member and for that purpose may execute on behalf of the member the necessary form of proxy:\nProvided that, except in cases where the instrument appointing the attorney shall have been previously registered with the Company, the said instrument (or a copy which complies with the requirements of section 3 of the Powers of Attorney Act 1971() (Proof of instruments creating powers of attorney)) shall be transmitted to the Secretary of the Company at the same time as the instrument appointing the proxy.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1845 c. 16."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1971 c. 27."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/56/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:13:13.334082+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."
}