{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electronic-communications-universal-service-amendment-order-2022/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2022/937",
  "legislation_title": "The Electronic Communications (Universal Service) (Amendment) Order 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electronic-communications-universal-service-amendment-order-2022",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Electronic Communications\nMade 5th September 2022\nLaid before Parliament 6th September 2022\nComing into force 1st October 2022\nThe Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 65 of the Communications Act 2003.\nThe Secretary of State has consulted OFCOM and such other persons as the Secretary of State considered appropriate in accordance with section 65(4) of that Act.\nThe Secretary of State has taken due account of the desirability of not favouring one form of electronic communications network, electronic communications service or associated facility, or one means of providing or making available such a network, service or facility, over another in accordance with section 65(5) of that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2003 c. 21. Section 65 was amended by sections 1(1) to (4) of the Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30) and by S.I. 2011/1043, 2011/1210, 2019/246 and 2020/1419."
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/937/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."
}