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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-control-of-interference-from-videosenders-order-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/722",
  "legislation_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Control of Interference from Videosenders) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-control-of-interference-from-videosenders-order-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in S.I. 1997/1842 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.\nTELEGRAPHS\nMade 10th March 1998\nLaid before Parliament 16th March 1998\nComing into force 20th March 1998\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)."
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/722/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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