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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-credit-act-1974-electronic-communications-order-2004/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/3236",
  "legislation_title": "The Consumer Credit Act 1974 (Electronic Communications) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-credit-act-1974-electronic-communications-order-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CONSUMER CREDIT\nMade 6th December 2004\nLaid before Parliament 9th December 2004\nComing into force 31st December 2004\nThe Secretary of State considering that the authorisation of the use of electronic communications by the following 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, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by sections 8 and 9 of the Electronic Communications Act 2000 hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c. 7."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/3236/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:13:52.049725+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."
}