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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-electronic-communications-miscellaneous-benefits-order-2005/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/3321",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Electronic Communications) (Miscellaneous Benefits) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-electronic-communications-miscellaneous-benefits-order-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS\nMade 1st December 2005\nLaid before Parliament 8th December 2005\nComing into force 30th January 2006\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, considering 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 that will be available will be no less satisfactory in cases where use is made of electronic communications than in other cases, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 8 and 9 of the Electronic Communications Act 2000 hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c. 7."
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3321/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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