{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-telecommunications-act-1981/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-telecommunications-act-1981/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/38",
  "legislation_title": "British Telecommunications Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-telecommunications-act-1981",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "General control and supervision by the Secretary of State.",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n4), (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n6)—(11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 4, 5, 6(1) repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. II"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 6(2) repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 6(3) repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. II"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 6(4)(5) repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 6(6)–(11) repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. II"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 6(12) repealed (with saving) by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 5 para. 40(1), Sch. 7 Pt. II"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Ss. 6(13), 7, 8. repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. II"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/38/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:14:02.204964+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."
}