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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-domestic-rating-and-council-tax-electronic-communications-england-order-2006/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/237",
  "legislation_title": "The Non-Domestic Rating and Council Tax (Electronic Communications) (England) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-domestic-rating-and-council-tax-electronic-communications-england-order-2006",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "RATING AND VALUATION, ENGLAND\nCOUNCIL TAX, ENGLAND\nMade 1st February 2006\nLaid before Parliament 8th February 2006\nComing into force 1st March 2006\nThe First Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8 of the Electronic Communications Act 2000.\nThe First Secretary of State considers 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 or electronic storage than in other cases.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 (c. 7). The definition of “electronic communication” in section 15(1) of that Act was amended by paragraph 158 of Schedule 17 to the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/237/introduction",
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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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