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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nram-plc-formerly-northern-rock-plc-consequential-and-supplementary-provisions-order-2016/article-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/114",
  "legislation_title": "The NRAM plc (formerly Northern Rock plc) Consequential and Supplementary Provisions Order 2016",
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  "path": "article/8",
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  "number": "8",
  "heading": "StayCo and freedom of information",
  "text": "(1) This article applies while StayCo is wholly owned by the Treasury.\n(2) StayCo, and any StayCo group undertaking, is not to be treated as—\n(a) a publicly-owned company for the purposes of section 3(1)(b) (public authorities) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000;\n(b) holding information for the purposes of section 3(2)(b) of that Act on behalf of—\n(i) the Bank of England,\n(ii) a Minister of the Crown,\n(iii) the Treasury,\n(iv) the Treasury Solicitor, or\n(v) UK Financial Investments Limited.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c. 36."
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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."
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