{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-housing-act-1989-electronic-communications-england-order-2000/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-housing-act-1989-electronic-communications-england-order-2000/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/3056",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (Electronic Communications) (England) Order 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-housing-act-1989-electronic-communications-england-order-2000",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (Electronic Communications) (England) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 10th December 2000.\n(2) This Order extends to England only.\n(3) In this Order, “the 1989 Act” means the Local Government and Housing Act 1989.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "For the application of section 8 of the Electronic Communications Act 2000 to Wales, see section 10 of that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1989 c. 42."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3056/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:10:33.711195+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."
}