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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-digital-government-disclosure-of-information-amendment-regulations-2022/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2022/9780348237573",
  "legislation_title": "The Digital Government (Disclosure of Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-digital-government-disclosure-of-information-amendment-regulations-2022",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 44(7) of the Digital Economy Act 2017, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.\nDisclosure Of Information\nMade ***\nComing into force ***\nThe Minister for the Cabinet Office, with the consent of the Treasury, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 35(7) and 44(2)(b) of the Digital Economy Act 2017 (“the 2017 Act”).\nThe Minister is satisfied that the purposes of the objective specified comply with the conditions in section 35(9), (10) and (12) of the 2017 Act.\nThe Minister has consulted the Information Commissioner, the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, the Scottish Ministers, the Welsh Ministers, the Department of Finance in Northern Ireland, and such other persons as the Minister considers appropriate, as required by section 44(4) of the 2017 Act.\nIn accordance with section 44(7) of the 2017 Act, a draft of these Regulations was laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2017 c. 30. Under section 45(1), the Minister for the Cabinet Office is the appropriate national authority to make these Regulations. Section 45(1) was amended by article 6(4) of S.I. 2018/526, and subsequently by article 6(4) of S.I. 2020/940, under which those functions again became exercisable concurrently with the Minister for the Cabinet Office. Consent of the Treasury is required by section 44(6)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 44(4) was amended by article 6(2) and (3) of S.I. 2018/526, and article 6(3)(b) of S.I. 2020/940."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 44(7) was amended by article 6(3)(c) of S.I. 2020/940."
    }
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  "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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