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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-and-non-domestic-rating-electronic-communications-england-order-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/2604",
  "legislation_title": "The Council Tax and Non-Domestic Rating (Electronic Communications) (England) Order 2003",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "COUNCIL TAX, ENGLAND\nRATING AND VALUATION, ENGLAND\nMade 6th October 2003\nLaid before Parliament 15th October 2003\nComing into force 5th November 2003\nThe Secretary of State, considering that the authorisation of the use of electronic communications by this 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 on him by section 8 of the Electronic Communications Act 2000, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 (c. 7)."
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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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