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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-defamation-operators-of-websites-regulations-2013/schedule/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2013/9780111104620",
  "legislation_title": "The Defamation (Operators of Websites) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-defamation-operators-of-websites-regulations-2013",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Response to notice of complaint: initial steps",
  "text": "(1) Unless paragraph 9 applies, the operator must, within 48 hours of receiving a notice of complaint, send the complainant an acknowledgement in writing of the notice.\n(2) The acknowledgement must—\n(a) where paragraph 2 applies, state that the operator has acted in accordance with that paragraph;\n(b) where paragraph 3 applies, inform the complainant that the statement has been removed from the locations on the website which were specified in the notice of complaint.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2013/9780111104620/schedule/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:14:57.659674+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."
}