{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rates-coronavirus-electronic-communications-order-northern-ireland-2020/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2020/201",
  "legislation_title": "The Rates (Coronavirus) (Electronic Communications) Order (Northern Ireland) 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rates-coronavirus-electronic-communications-order-northern-ireland-2020",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Rates\nMade 22nd September 2020\nComing into operation 14th October 2020\nThe Department of Finance makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1 and 2 of the Electronic Communications Act (Northern Ireland) 2001.\nIn accordance with section 1(3) of that Act it considers 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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The Department of Finance and Personnel was renamed the Department of Finance by section 1(4) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c.5 (N.I.))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2001 c. 9 (N.I.)."
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2020/201/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."
}