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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-act-2003-and-the-digital-economy-act-2017-consequential-amendments-to-primary-legislation-regulations-2017/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2017/1285",
  "legislation_title": "The Communications Act 2003 and the Digital Economy Act 2017 (Consequential Amendments to Primary Legislation) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-act-2003-and-the-digital-economy-act-2017-consequential-amendments-to-primary-legislation-regulations-2017",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Electronic Communications\nMade 14th December 2017\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1(1) and (2)\nThe Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 406(3) of the Communications Act 2003 and section 6(1) to (3) of the Digital Economy Act 2017.\nIn accordance with section 6(4) of the Digital Economy Act 2017, a draft of this instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2003 c.21."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2017 c.30."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1285/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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