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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/office-of-communications-act-2002-commencement-no-3-and-communications-act-2003-commencement-no-2-order-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/3142",
  "legislation_title": "The Office of Communications Act 2002 (Commencement No. 3) and Communications Act 2003 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/office-of-communications-act-2002-commencement-no-3-and-communications-act-2003-commencement-no-2-order-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS\nBROADCASTING\nMade 8th December 2003\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by section 7(2) of the Office of Communications Act 2002 and sections 408(6)(b) and 411(2) and (4) of the Communications Act 2003, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2002 c. 11."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2003 c. 21."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3142/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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