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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-communications-act-2003-maximum-penalty-for-contravention-of-information-requirements-order-2011/note",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2011/9780111511633",
  "legislation_title": "The Communications Act 2003 (Maximum Penalty for Contravention of Information Requirements) Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-communications-act-2003-maximum-penalty-for-contravention-of-information-requirements-order-2011",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends section 139(5) of the Communications Act 2003 so as to raise from £50,000 to £2,000,000 the maximum penalty that the Office of Communications can impose under section 139 of the Communications Act 2003, in respect of a contravention of an information request made by them under section 135, 136 or 191 of the Communications Act 2003.\nA full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector and a transposition note are available from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 2 – 4 Cockspur Street, London, SW1Y 5DH and are published with the Explanatory Memorandum alongside the instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2011/9780111511633/note",
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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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