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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-and-council-tax-benefit-electronic-communications-order-2006/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/2968",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Electronic Communications) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-and-council-tax-benefit-electronic-communications-order-2006",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "electronic communications\nMade 14th November 2006\nLaid before Parliament 20th November 2006\nComing into force 20th December 2006\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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 that will be available will be no less satisfactory in cases where use is made of electronic communications than in other cases, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 8 and 9 of the Electronic Communications Act 2000, makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c.7."
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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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