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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electronic-commerce-ec-directive-extension-regulations-2004/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/1178",
  "legislation_title": "The Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) (Extension) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electronic-commerce-ec-directive-extension-regulations-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS\nMade 19th April 2004\nLaid before Parliament 21st April 2004\nComing into force 14th May 2004\nThe Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, being a 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."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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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."
}