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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/privacy-and-electronic-communications-ec-directive-amendment-regulations-2015/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/355",
  "legislation_title": "The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/privacy-and-electronic-communications-ec-directive-amendment-regulations-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Electronic Communications\nMade 24th February 2015\nLaid before Parliament 25th February 2015\nComing into force 6th April 2015\nThe Secretary of State, being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in respect of matters relating to electronic communications, in exercise of the powers conferred by that section, makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2001/3495. This has been amended, but the amendments are not relevant for the purposes of 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)."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/355/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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