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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-protection-distance-selling-regulations-2000/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-protection-distance-selling-regulations-2000/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2334",
  "legislation_title": "The Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-protection-distance-selling-regulations-2000",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CONSUMER PROTECTION\nMade 31st August 2000\nLaid before Parliament 1st September 2000\nComing into force 31st October 2000\nThe Secretary of State, being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to matters relating to consumer protection, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 2(2) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Regulations: any reference to the Director General of Fair Trading treated as a reference to the OFT (1.4.2003) by virtue of Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40), ss. 2, 279; S.I. 2003/766, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Regulations excluded (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/3134), regs. 1(1), 2(a) (with reg. 6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1993/2661."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
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  "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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