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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-and-rights-in-databases-amendment-regulations-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/2501",
  "legislation_title": "The Copyright and Rights in Databases (Amendment) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-and-rights-in-databases-amendment-regulations-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "COPYRIGHT\nRIGHTS IN DATABASES\nMade 28th September 2003\nLaid before Parliament 3rd October 2003\nComing into force 1st November 2003\nThe Secretary of State, being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act in relation to measures relating to copyright and measures relating to the prevention of unauthorised extraction of the contents of a database and of unauthorised re-utilisation of those contents, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 68; the enabling powers of section 2(2) of this Act were extended by virtue of the amendment of section 1(2) by section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c. 51)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1993/595."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/3155."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2501/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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