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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/telecommunications-data-protection-and-privacy-regulations-1999/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/2093",
  "legislation_title": "The Telecommunications (Data Protection and Privacy) Regulations 1999",
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  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "TELECOMMUNICATIONS\nMade 22nd July 1999\nLaid before Parliament 26th July 1999\nComing into force–\nfor the purposes of regulation 3(2)– 16th August 1999\nfor all other purposes– 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",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See the European Communities (Designation) Order 1996 (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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