{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/united-kingdom-atomic-energy-authority-extinguishment-of-liabilities-order-1996/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2511",
  "legislation_title": "The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (Extinguishment of Liabilities) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/united-kingdom-atomic-energy-authority-extinguishment-of-liabilities-order-1996",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order extinguishes the liabilities of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (“the Authority”) in respect of the principal of certain loans comprising the Authority’s commencing capital debt under section 1 of the Atomic Energy Authority Act 1986 and loans made to the Authority under section 4 of that Act.\nThe aggregate amount of the liabilities extinguished by this Order is less than the consideration in respect of the disposal of the ordinary shares held by the Secretary of State in AEA Technology plc, a successor company within the meaning of the Atomic Energy Authority Act 1995.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2511/note",
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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."
}