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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electronic-communications-code-jurisdiction-regulations-2017/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2017/9780111160763",
  "legislation_title": "The Electronic Communications Code (Jurisdiction) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electronic-communications-code-jurisdiction-regulations-2017",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 402(2A) of the Communications Act 2003, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.\nElectronic Communications\nMade ***\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1(1)\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 402(3) of, and paragraphs 95(1) to (4) of Schedule 3A to, the Communications Act 2003, makes the following Regulations.\nThe Secretary of State has consulted the Scottish Ministers in accordance with paragraph 95(5)(a) of Schedule 3A to that Act.\nA draft of these Regulations was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament in accordance with section 402(2A) of that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2003 c. 21. Schedule 3A was inserted by Schedule 1 to the Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 402(2A) was inserted by paragraph 47(3) of Schedule 3 to the Digital Economy Act 2017."
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2017/9780111160763/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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