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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/broadcasting-and-communications-amendment-regulations-2013/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/2217",
  "legislation_title": "The Broadcasting and Communications (Amendment) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/broadcasting-and-communications-amendment-regulations-2013",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Broadcasting\nElectronic Communications\nMade 3rd September 2013\nLaid before Parliament 5th September 2013\nComing into force 1st October 2013\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations 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 the 1972 Act in relation to electronic communications, information society services and measures relating to television broadcasting.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "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. 2001/3495."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 2001/2555."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 1997/1174."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2217/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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