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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-and-deaths-electronic-communications-and-electronic-storage-order-2006/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/2809",
  "legislation_title": "The Registration of Births and Deaths (Electronic Communications and Electronic Storage) Order 2006",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, ETC, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 20th October 2006\nLaid before Parliament 23rd October 2006\nComing into force 13th November 2006\nThe Chancellor of the Exchequer makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 8 and 9 of the Electronic Communications Act 2000.\nThe Chancellor of the Exchequer 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 or electronic storage than in other cases.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c.7."
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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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