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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-marriages-etc-electronic-communications-and-electronic-storage-order-2009/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/2821",
  "legislation_title": "The Registration of Marriages etc. (Electronic Communications and Electronic Storage) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-marriages-etc-electronic-communications-and-electronic-storage-order-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Registration Of Births, Deaths, Marriages, Etc., England And Wales\nMade 21st October 2009\nLaid before Parliament 23rd October 2009\nComing into force 16th November 2009\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8 of the Electronic Communications Act 2000.\nThe Secretary of State 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": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c.7. See section 9(1) for the definition of “appropriate Minister”."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/2821/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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