{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ports-northern-ireland-order-1994/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ports-northern-ireland-order-1994/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1994/2809",
  "legislation_title": "The Ports (Northern Ireland) Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ports-northern-ireland-order-1994",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Formation of companies for purposes of transfer of certain statutory port undertakings",
  "text": "(1) Any relevant port authority may form a company whose objects include the acquisition of property, rights and liabilities and the assumption of functions of the authority by virtue of a transfer under Article 4.\n(2) Any company formed under paragraph (1) shall be a company limited by shares and registered under the Companies Act 2006.\n(3) In this Order “relevant port authority” means any body which is a harbour authority, other than a company having a share capital or a district council.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 3(2) substituted (1.10.2009) by Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1941), art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 150(3) (with art. 10)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1994/2809/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:44:34.932739+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."
}