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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/unsolicited-goods-and-services-act-1971-electronic-communications-order-2001/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/2778",
  "legislation_title": "The Unsolicited Goods and Services Act 1971 (Electronic Communications) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/unsolicited-goods-and-services-act-1971-electronic-communications-order-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "UNSOLICITED GOODS AND SERVICES\nMade 30th July 2001\nLaid before Parliament 1st August 2001\nComing into force 31st August 2001\nWhereas the Secretary of State 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;\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her 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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  "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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