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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-act-1986-and-electricity-act-1989-electronic-communications-order-2021/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2021/789",
  "legislation_title": "The Gas Act 1986 and Electricity Act 1989 (Electronic Communications) Order 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-act-1986-and-electricity-act-1989-electronic-communications-order-2021",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Electricity\nGas\nMade 30th June 2021\nLaid before Parliament 5th July 2021\nComing into force 1st August 2021\nThe Secretary of State, considering that the authorisation of 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 powers conferred by sections 8 and 9 of the Electronic Communications Act 2000.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c. 7."
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/789/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:11:25.771680+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."
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