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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/audiovisual-media-services-regulations-2014/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2014/2916",
  "legislation_title": "The Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/audiovisual-media-services-regulations-2014",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Electronic Communications\nBroadcasting\nMade 4th November 2014\nLaid before Parliament 6th November 2014\nComing into force 1st December 2014\nThese Regulations are made by the Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.\nThe Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of that section in relation to information society services .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c.68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2001/2555."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2916/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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