{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-digital-government-disclosure-of-information-regulations-2018/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2018/9780111169445",
  "legislation_title": "The Digital Government (Disclosure of Information) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-digital-government-disclosure-of-information-regulations-2018",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "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 in accordance with regulation 1(1)\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), 36(5)(c) and 44(2)(b) of the Digital Economy Act 2017.\nThe Minister is satisfied that the purposes of the objectives specified comply with the conditions in section 35(9), (10) and (12) of the Digital Economy Act 2017.\nThe Minister for the Cabinet Office 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 for the Cabinet Office considers appropriate, as required by section 44(4) of the Digital Economy Act 2017.\nIn accordance with section 44(7) of the Digital Economy Act 2017, 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. Consent of the Treasury is required by section 44(6)."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111169445/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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