{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-act-1993-extinguishment-of-relevant-loans-railtrack-plc-order-1996/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-act-1993-extinguishment-of-relevant-loans-railtrack-plc-order-1996/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/664",
  "legislation_title": "The Railways Act 1993 (Extinguishment of Relevant Loans) (Railtrack plc) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-act-1993-extinguishment-of-relevant-loans-railtrack-plc-order-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "TRANSPORT\nRAILWAYS\nMade 7th March 1996\nLaid before Parliament 8th March 1996\nComing into force 29th March 1996\nWhereas Railtrack plc is a successor company for the time being wholly owned by the Crown;\nAnd whereas the loans specified in the Schedule to the following Order are relevant loans for the purposes of section 106 of the Railways Act 1993;\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 106(1) of the Railways Act 1993, and with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "“Successor company” and “wholly owned by the Crown” have the meaning given by section 116(1) and section 151(2), respectively, of the Railways Act 1993 (c. 43)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1993 c. 43; “relevant loan” has the meaning given by section 106(11)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 106(10)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/664/introduction",
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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."
}