{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-security-electronic-communications-order-2006/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-security-electronic-communications-order-2006/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/2190",
  "legislation_title": "The Transport Security (Electronic Communications) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-security-electronic-communications-order-2006",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "TRANSPORT\nMade 8th August 2006\nLaid before Parliament 14th August 2006\nComing into force 30th September 2006\nThe Secretary of State for Transport makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 8 and 9 of the Electronic Communications Act 2000.\nIn accordance with section 8 of that Act he considers 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 will be available will be no less satisfactory in cases where use is made of electronic communications than in other cases.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c.7. The definition of “electronic communication” in section 15(1) of that Act was amended by paragraph 158 of Schedule 17 to the Communications Act 2003 (c.21)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/2190/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."
}