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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-communications-act-2003-maximum-penalty-and-disclosure-of-information-order-2005/article-1",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2005/0110736680",
  "legislation_title": "The Communications Act 2003 (Maximum Penalty and Disclosure of Information) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-communications-act-2003-maximum-penalty-and-disclosure-of-information-order-2005",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Communications Act 2003 (Maximum Penalty and Disclosure of Information) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 30 December 2005.\n(2) In this Order “the Act” means the Communications Act 2003.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2005/0110736680/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:21:47.259778+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."
}