{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/open-ended-investment-companies-regulations-2001/regulation-56",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/open-ended-investment-companies-regulations-2001/regulation-56.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/1228",
  "legislation_title": "The Open-Ended Investment Companies Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/open-ended-investment-companies-regulations-2001",
  "path": "regulation/56",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "56",
  "heading": "Contracts: England and Wales or Northern Ireland",
  "text": "Under the law of England and Wales or Northern Ireland a contract may be made—\n(a) by an open-ended investment company by writing under its common seal; or\n(b) on behalf of such a company, by any person acting under its authority (whether expressed or implied);\nand any formalities required by law in the case of a contract made by an individual also apply, unless a contrary intention appears, to a contract made by or on behalf of such a company.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 56 inserted (12.5.2011) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1265), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 17 (with Sch. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 56 heading inserted (12.5.2011) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1265), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 17 (with Sch. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1228/regulation/56",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:52:42.307916+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."
}