{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sutton-district-water-order-1988/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sutton-district-water-order-1988/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1094",
  "legislation_title": "The Sutton District Water Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sutton-district-water-order-1988",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Closing of transfer books",
  "text": "(1) The directors of the Company may close a relevant register for a period or periods not exceeding 30 days in any calendar year.\n(2) Any transfer lodged for registration after a relevant register has been closed shall as between the Company and any person claiming under the transfer be treated as having been made immediately after the next payment of any dividend, interim dividend or interest as the case may be.\n(3) Notwithstanding its incorporation with the Sutton District Water Acts and Orders 1871 to 1985, section 17 of the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 (closing of transfer books) shall cease to apply to the Company.\n(4) “Relevant register” means a register of transfers of any class of ordinary or preference stock, debentures, debenture stock or mortgages.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1094/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:04:43.490566+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."
}