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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-citizens-band-and-amateur-apparatus-various-provisions-amendment-order-1995/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/2588",
  "legislation_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Citizens' Band and Amateur Apparatus) (Various Provisions) (Amendment) Order 1995",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "TELEGRAPHS\nMade 2nd October 1995\nLaid before Parliament 5th October 1995\nComing into force 27th October 1995\nWhereas the Secretary of State made the Wireless Telegraphy (Citizens' Band and Amateur Apparatus) (Various Provisions) Order 1988 as it appeared to him to be expedient to apply restrictions under section 7 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1967 to certain wireless telegraphy apparatus specified therein for the purpose of preventing or reducing the risk of interference with wireless telegraphy and to impose marking requirements in relation to certain such apparatus in accordance with the provisions of section 85 of the Telecommunications Act 1984;\nAnd whereas it now appears to the Secretary of State to be expedient that the provisions of that Order should be amended by this Order;\nAnd whereas the Secretary of State is satisfied as required by section 7(9) of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1967 that this Order is compatible with the international obligations of the United Kingdom;\nNow therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 7(2) and 13(4) of the 1967 Act and sections 84 and 85(1) of the Telecommunications Act 1984 hereby makes the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1988/1215."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1967 c. 72; section 7 was amended by the Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12), section 77."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1984 c. 12."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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