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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/post-office-act-1969/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/post-office-act-1969/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1969/48",
  "legislation_title": "Post Office Act 1969",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/post-office-act-1969",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "The Minister of Posts and Telecommunications.",
  "text": "1)—(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) In the following provisions of this Act, “the Minister” means the Secretary of State . . .\n(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 2(1)–(5)(7) repealed by S.I. 1974/691, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1974/691, arts. 2, 3(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Unreliable marginal note"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:52:01.323747+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."
}