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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/digital-government-disclosure-of-information-regulations-2026/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/1039",
  "legislation_title": "The Digital Government (Disclosure of Information) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/digital-government-disclosure-of-information-regulations-2026",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This Statutory Instrument has been made, for amongst other reasons, to correct a defect arising from the making of S.I. 2023/424 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.\nDISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION\nMade 17th September 2026\nComing into force 18th September 2026\nThe Secretary of State makes these Regulations, with the consent of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 35(7), 36(5)(c), and 44(2) of the Digital Economy Act 2017.\nThe Secretary of State has, in accordance with section 44(4) of that Act, consulted the Information Commissioner, the Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, the Scottish Ministers, the Welsh Ministers, the Department of Finance in Northern Ireland and such other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.\nIn accordance with section 44(7) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, both Houses of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2017 c. 30. Section 36 was amended by S.I. 2018/912 and section 44 was amended by S.I. 2020/940 and 2025/557. See section 45 of the Act, as amended by S.I. 2020/940, for the meaning of “appropriate national authority”. The consent of the Treasury has been obtained in accordance with section 44(6) of the Act."
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/1039/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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