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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electronic-commerce-ec-directive-extension-regulations-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/115",
  "legislation_title": "The Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) (Extension) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electronic-commerce-ec-directive-extension-regulations-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS\nMade 24th January 2003\nLaid before Parliament 27th January 2003\nComing into force 14th February 2003\nThe Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, being the Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to information society services, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by the said section 2(2) hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2001/2555."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
    }
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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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