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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-electronic-communications-and-electronic-storage-order-2021/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2021/1231",
  "legislation_title": "The Births and Deaths Registration (Electronic Communications and Electronic Storage) Order 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-electronic-communications-and-electronic-storage-order-2021",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Registration Of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Etc., England And Wales\nMade 2nd November 2021\nLaid before Parliament 4th November 2021\nComing into force 1st December 2021\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 8, 9(5) and 9(6) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000, makes the following Order.\nIn accordance with section 8(3) of the Electronic Communication Act 2000, the Secretary of State considers that the authorisation of the use of electronic communications by this Order for any purpose is such that the extent (if any) to which records of things done for that purpose will be available will be no less satisfactory in cases where use is made of electronic communications than in other cases.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c. 7. See section 9(1) for the definition of “appropriate Minister”."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/1231/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:07:26.200567+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."
}