{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-medical-services-electronic-communications-order-2001/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/2890",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (General Medical Services) (Electronic Communications) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-medical-services-electronic-communications-order-2001",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the National Health Service (General Medical Services) (Electronic Communications) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 11th September 2001.\n(2) In this Order, “the 1992 Regulations” means the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992.\n(3) This Order extends to England only.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1992/635. There are no relevant amending instruments."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "For the application of section 8 of the Electronic Communications Act 2000 to Wales, see section 10 of that Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/2890/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:29:52.170626+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."
}