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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wills-act-1837-electronic-communications-amendment-coronavirus-order-2020/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2020/952",
  "legislation_title": "The Wills Act 1837 (Electronic Communications) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Order 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wills-act-1837-electronic-communications-amendment-coronavirus-order-2020",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This Statutory Instrument has been published in substitution of the S.I. of the same number which did not reflect the version signed by the Minister due to paragraph formatting changes in article 3. It is therefore being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.\nAdministration Of Estates\nMade 4th September 2020\nLaid before Parliament 7th September 2020\nComing into force in accordance with article 1\nThis Lord Chancellor, considering that the use of electronic communications 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, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 8 and 9 of the Electronic Communications Act 2000, makes the following Order:",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "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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