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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-electronic-communications-england-order-2015/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/5",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government (Electronic Communications) (England) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-electronic-communications-england-order-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Local Government, England\nMade 6th January 2015\nLaid before Parliament 7th January 2015\nComing into force 30th January 2015\nThe Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, 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 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."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/5/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:50:28.102782+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."
}