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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/telecommunications-voice-telephony-regulations-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1886",
  "legislation_title": "The Telecommunications (Voice Telephony) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/telecommunications-voice-telephony-regulations-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "TELECOMMUNICATIONS\nMade 30th July 1997\nLaid before Parliament 31st July 1997\nComing into force 22nd August 1997\nThe Secretary of State, being a Minister designated in pursuance of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to telecommunications, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by that section and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "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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