{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-criminal-records-electronic-communications-order-2009/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/203",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Electronic Communications) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-criminal-records-electronic-communications-order-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Police, England And Wales\nMade 5th February 2009\nLaid before Parliament 9th February 2009\nComing into force 2nd March 2009\nThe Secretary of State, 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 power conferred by section 8 of the Electronic Communications Act 2000.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c. 7."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/203/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:18:33.603430+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."
}