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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-housing-act-1989-electronic-communications-england-order-2000/article-4",
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  "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/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Construction of Part VI of the 1989 Act",
  "text": "In section 88 of the 1989 Act (Construction and application of Part VI), in subsection (1)—\n(a) at the end of paragraph (c) delete “and”;\n(b) after paragraph (d) insert—\n“; and\n(e) “electronic communication” means a communication transmitted (whether from one person to another, from one device to another or from a person to a device or vice versa)—\n(i) by means of a telecommunication system (within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 1984; or\n(ii) by other means but while in an electronic form;\n(f) “address”, in relation to electronic communications, includes any number or address used for the purposes of such communications.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1984 c. 12."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3056/article/4",
    "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."
}