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  "legislation_title": "Communications Act 2003",
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  "number": "21",
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  "text": "(1) OFCOM may give S4C such directions as OFCOM consider appropriate for securing that all relevant international obligations are complied with.\n(2) It shall be the duty of S4C to comply with a direction under this paragraph.\n(3) Before giving a direction under this paragraph, OFCOM must consult S4C.\n(4) In this paragraph “relevant international obligations” means the international obligations of the United Kingdom which have been notified to OFCOM by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this paragraph.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 12 para. 21(1) substituted (23.8.2024) by Media Act 2024 (c. 15), s. 55(3)(c), Sch. 4 para. 68(2); S.I. 2024/858, reg. 2(1)(x)"
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 12 para. 21(2) substituted (23.8.2024) by Media Act 2024 (c. 15), s. 55(3)(c), Sch. 4 para. 68(3); S.I. 2024/858, reg. 2(1)(x)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 12 para. 21(3) substituted (23.8.2024) by Media Act 2024 (c. 15), s. 55(3)(c), Sch. 4 para. 68(3); S.I. 2024/858, reg. 2(1)(x)"
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 12 para. 21 in force at 29.12.2003 by S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 11)"
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:18:16.154105+00:00"
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