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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-financial-promotion-amendment-electronic-commerce-directive-order-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/2157",
  "legislation_title": "The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) (Amendment) (Electronic Commerce Directive) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-financial-promotion-amendment-electronic-commerce-directive-order-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS\nELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS\nApproved by both Houses of ParliamentMade 20th August 2002\nComing into force 21st August 2002\nWhereas this Order varies a previous Order made under section 21(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, so as to make section 21(1) of that Act apply in circumstances in which it did not, as a result of that previous Order, apply;\nWhereas a draft of this Order has been approved by resolution of both Houses of Parliament;\nNow, therefore, the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 21(5) and (6), 238(6) and (7), and 428(3) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, hereby make the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2001, No. 1335, amended by S.I. 2001/2633, S.I. 2001/3650, S.I. 2001/3800 and S.I. 2002/1310."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2000 c. 8."
    }
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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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