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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/privacy-and-electronic-communications-amendment-regulations-2018/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2018/1189",
  "legislation_title": "The Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendment) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/privacy-and-electronic-communications-amendment-regulations-2018",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Electronic Communications\nMade 15th November 2018\nLaid before Parliament 16th November 2018\nComing into force 17th December 2018\nThe Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in respect of matters relating to electronic communications.\nThe Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that section.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See S.I. 2001/3495 to which there have been amendments not relevant to these Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68; Section 2(2) was amended by section 27 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and section 3 of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7). The 1972 Act will be repealed by section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16)."
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1189/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."
}