{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/small-business-enterprise-and-employment-act-2015/section-91",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2015/26",
  "legislation_title": "Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/small-business-enterprise-and-employment-act-2015",
  "path": "section/91",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "91",
  "heading": "Shadow directors: provision for Northern Ireland",
  "text": "(1) In Article 5(1) of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I. 19)) (interpretation), in the definition of “shadow director”, for the words from “(but” to the end substitute\n“, but so that a person is not deemed a shadow director by reason only that the directors act—\n(a) on advice given by that person in a professional capacity;\n(b) in accordance with instructions, a direction, guidance or advice given by that person in the exercise of a function conferred by or under a statutory provision;\n(c) in accordance with guidance or advice given by that person in that person's capacity as a Minister of the Crown (within the meaning of the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975)”.\n(2) In Article 2(2) of the Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3150 (N.I. 4)) (interpretation), in the definition of “shadow director”, for the words from “(but” to the end substitute\n“, but so that a person is not deemed a shadow director by reason only that the directors act—\n(a) on advice given by that person in a professional capacity;\n(b) in accordance with instructions, a direction, guidance or advice given by that person in the exercise of a function conferred by or under a statutory provision;\n(c) in accordance with guidance or advice given by that person in that person's capacity as a Minister of the Crown (within the meaning of the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975)”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/26/section/91",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:06:47.994452+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."
}