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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-holding-company-capital-debts-revocations-england-and-wales-order-2013/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/2844",
  "legislation_title": "The Transport Holding Company (Capital Debts) (Revocations) (England and Wales) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-holding-company-capital-debts-revocations-england-and-wales-order-2013",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Transport\nMade 28th October 2013\nLaid before the House of Commons 7th November 2013\nComing into force 20th December 2013\nThe Secretary of State, with the approval of the Treasury, makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 53(5) and 157 of the Transport Act 1968 and now vested in the Secretary of State.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1968 c. 73. Section 53(5) is modified by section 1(4) of the Transport Holding Company Act 1972 (c. 14) to include a power to extinguish the company’s commencing capital debt. Section 157 is amended by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14). The approval of the Treasury is required by section 53(8) of the Transport Act 1968."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The Secretary of State for the Environment Order 1970 (S.I. 1970/1681, article 2(1)) transferred functions from the Minister of Transport to the Secretary of State and the Secretary of State for the Environment. The Secretary of State for Transport Order 1976 (S.I. 1976/1775, article 2) transferred transport functions exercised by the Secretary of State for the Environment to the Secretary of State for Transport. The Minister of Transport Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/571, article 2(1)) transferred functions of the Secretary of State for Transport to the Minister of Transport. The Transfer of Functions (Transport) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/238, article 2) transferred functions of the Minister of Transport to the Secretary of State for Transport. The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/2971, article 3) transferred the functions of the Secretary of State for Transport to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions. The Secretaries of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions and for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2568, article 7) transferred the functions of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions to the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions. The Transfer of Functions (Transport, Local Government and the Regions) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2626, article 14) transferred functions of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions to the First Secretary of State. The Transfer of Functions (Miscellaneous) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1034, article 6) transferred the functions of the First Secretary of State that were the functions of the Secretary of State for Transport immediately before the coming into force of SI 1997/2971, to the Secretary of State. Article 7 transferred any function of the First Secretary of State not transferred by any other provision of the Order to the Secretary of State."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2844/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."
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