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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/telecommunications-data-protection-and-privacy-amendment-regulations-2000/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/157",
  "legislation_title": "The Telecommunications (Data Protection and Privacy) (Amendment) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/telecommunications-data-protection-and-privacy-amendment-regulations-2000",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "TELECOMMUNICATIONS\nMade 25th January 2000\nLaid before Parliament 27th January 2000\nComing into force 1st March 2000\nThe Secretary of State, being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to telecommunications, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by the said section 2(2), hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/266."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
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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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