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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electronic-communications-code-conditions-and-restrictions-regulations-2003/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electronic-communications-code-conditions-and-restrictions-regulations-2003/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/2553",
  "legislation_title": "The Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and Restrictions) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electronic-communications-code-conditions-and-restrictions-regulations-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS\nMade 2nd October 2003\nLaid before Parliament 3rd October 2003\nComing into force 23rd October 2003\nThe Secretary of State, after consultation with the Director General of Telecommunications and such other persons as she considered appropriate in accordance with section 109(4) of the Communications Act 2003, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by sections 109(1) and (3) and 402(3)(a), (b) and (c) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations—",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), section 408(1), (2) and (3)(a) and S.I. 2003/1900 (C. 77), article 3(1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2003 c. 21."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2553/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."
}