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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/audiovisual-media-services-regulations-2010/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2010/419",
  "legislation_title": "The Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/audiovisual-media-services-regulations-2010",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Electronic Communications\nMade 22nd February 2010\nLaid before Parliament 25th February 2010\nComing into force 18th March 2010\nThese Regulations are made by the Secretary of State, being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to information society services, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The European Communities (Designation)(No.2) Order 2001 S.I. 2001/2555."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c.68; section 2(2) was amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51), section 27(1)(a)."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/419/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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