{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-premium-rate-services-order-2024/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-premium-rate-services-order-2024/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2024/1046",
  "legislation_title": "The Regulation of Premium Rate Services Order 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-premium-rate-services-order-2024",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Electronic Communications\nMade 21st October 2024\nLaid before Parliament 24th October 2024\nComing into force 1st February 2025\nThe Office of Communications (“OFCOM”) make this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 122(1) to (4) and 403(7) of the Communications Act 2003 (“the Act”).\nThe consent of the Secretary of State has been obtained in accordance with section 122(6) of the Act.\nOFCOM consider that there is no code in force to which they think it would be appropriate to continue to give their approval under section 121 of the Act.\nOFCOM gave notice of their proposal to make this Order in accordance with section 403(4)(a) of the Act, published notice of their proposal in accordance with section 403(4)(b) of the Act and considered representations made to them before the time specified in that notice in accordance with section 403(4)(c) of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2003 c.21. Section 403 was amended by S.I. 2020/1419. See section 120(7) of the Act for the definition of “premium rate service”."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1046/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:25:33.733252+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}