{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-electronic-communications-order-2008/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-electronic-communications-order-2008/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2334",
  "legislation_title": "The Building (Electronic Communications) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-electronic-communications-order-2008",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Building And Buildings, England And Wales\nMade 28th August 2008\nLaid before Parliament 4th September 2008\nComing into force 1st October 2008\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8 of the Electronic Communications Act 2000.\nThe 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 for the definition of “appropriate Minister” for the purposes of making an order under section 8 as the Secretary of State. The definition of “electronic communication” in section 15(1) of that Act was amended by paragraph 158 of Schedule 17 to the Communications Act 2003 c.21."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2334/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."
}