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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-control-of-interference-from-videosenders-order-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1842",
  "legislation_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Control of Interference from Videosenders) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-control-of-interference-from-videosenders-order-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This Statutory Instrument has been amended by SI 1998/722 which is printed herein as pages 5 to 8 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of SI 1997/1842.\nTELEGRAPHS\nMade 28th July 1997\nLaid before Parliament 29th July 1997\nComing into force 1st September 1997\nWhereas it appears to the Secretary of State to be expedient to apply restrictions under section 7 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1967 to certain wireless telegraphy apparatus specified in this Order for the purpose of preventing or reducing the risk of interference with wireless telegraphy;\nAnd whereas the Secretary of State is satisfied as required by section 7(9) of the 1967 Act 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 on her by section 7(2) of the 1967 Act and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1967 c. 72; section 7 was substituted by section 77 of the Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1842/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."
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