{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-electronic-communications-order-2011/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-electronic-communications-order-2011/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2011/713",
  "legislation_title": "The Firearms (Electronic Communications) Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-electronic-communications-order-2011",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Arms And Ammunition\nMade 9th March 2011\nLaid before Parliament 11th March 2011\nComing into force 1st April 2011\nThe Secretary of State, considering that the authorisation of the use of electronic communications by this Order for any purpose is such that the extent (if any) to which records of things done for that purpose will be available will be no less satisfactory in cases where use is made of electronic communications than in other cases, makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 8 of the Electronic Communications Act 2000.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c.7. The definition of “electronic communication” in section 15(1) of the Act was amended by paragraph 158 of Schedule 17 to the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/713/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."
}