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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2000-375/article-4",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2000/375",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 29 May 2000 to combat child pornography on the Internet",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2000-375",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The Secretary of State shall regularly verify whether technological developments require, in order to maintain the efficiency of the fight against child pornography on the Internet, changes to criminal procedural law, while respecting the fundamental principles thereof and, where necessary, shall initiate appropriate new legislation to that end.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 4 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Law Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/742), regs. 1, 4(5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2000/375/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:18:49.378761+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}