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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/overseas-companies-regulations-2009/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/overseas-companies-regulations-2009/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1801",
  "legislation_title": "The Overseas Companies Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/overseas-companies-regulations-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Companies\nMade 8th July 2009\nComing into force 1st October 2009\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1046(1), (2) and (4) to (6), 1047(1), 1049(1) to (3), 1050(3) to (5), 1051(1) to (3), 1053(2) to (5), 1054(1) and (2), 1055, 1056, 1058(1) to (3), 1078(5), 1105(1) and (2), 1140(2), 1292 (1) and (4), and 1294 of the Companies Act 2006 .\nIn accordance with sections 1046(8), 1051(5), 1053(6), 1290, 1292(4) and 1294(6) of that Act, a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament and approved by each House of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "2006 c.46."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Regulations applied (with modifications) (31.12.2020) by The International Accounting Standards and European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/685), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 paras. 5-11 (as amended (31.12.2020) by The Companies and Statutory Auditors etc. (Consequential Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/523), regs. 1(2), 26); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(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."
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